Tomas Tobé | |
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| Official portrait, 2024 | |
| Vice-Chair of the European People's Party in the European Parliament | |
| Assumed office 19 June 2024 [1] | |
| Chair | |
| Serving alongside | |
| Preceded by | |
| Member of the European Parliament | |
| Assumed office 2 July 2019 | |
| Constituency | Sweden |
| Secretary-General of the Moderate Party | |
| In office 10 January 2015 –2 June 2017 | |
| Party chairman | Anna Kinberg Batra |
| Preceded by | Kent Persson |
| Succeeded by | Anders Edholm |
| Member of the Riksdag | |
| In office 24 September 2018 –1 July 2019 | |
| Constituency | Stockholm County |
| In office 2 October 2006 –24 September 2018 | |
| Constituency | Gävleborg County |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 16 February 1978 Gävle,Sweden |
| Political party | Moderate |
| Spouse | Markus Tobé |
| Children | 2 |
| Occupation | Businessman,politician |
Tomas Gunnar Tobé (born 16 February 1978) is a Swedish politician who serves as a Member of the European Parliament since the 2019 European Parliament election in Sweden. [2]
In the European Parliament,Tobéis a Vice-Chair of the European People's Party since 2024 [3] and Chair of the Parliament's Committee on Development since 2019. He was Secretary-General of the Moderate Party from 2015 to 2017. [4]
Tobéwas elected to the Swedish Riksdag in the 2006 general election. During his parliament,he served as chair of its Committee on Employment from 2010 to 2012;the Committee on Education from 2012 to 2014;and the Committee on Legal Affairs from 2018 to 2019. He was mentioned as possible successor for the party leadership after Fredrik Reinfeldt,but declined and supported Anna Kinberg Batra.[ citation needed ]
In March 2017 there was controversy around Tobéafter it was revealed that he had used public funds for wine purchases and personal trips. [5] On 2 June 2017,he was removed from his position as Secretary-General by party leader Anna Kinberg Batra and appointed Shadow Minister for Justice and Chairman of the Parliament's Committee on Justice. [6]
Since the 2019 European Parliament election,Tobéhas been serving as chairman of the Committee on Development. In this capacity,he co-chairs (alongside David McAllister) the Democracy Support and Election Coordination Group (DEG),which oversees the Parliament’s election observation missions. [7]
Tobéis also a member of the Committee on Civil Liberties,Justice and Home Affairs. On the committee,he has been serving as rapporteur on asylum and migration since 2020. [8]
In addition to his committee assignments,Tobéis part of the Parliament’s delegations for relations to Israel and to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union for the Mediterranean. [9] He also belongs to the European Parliament Intergroup on LGBT Rights [10] and the European Parliament Intergroup on Children’s Rights. [11]
After the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine,Tobésupported Swedish membership in NATO. [12]
In March 2024,Tobéwas one of twenty MEPs to be given a "Rising Star" award at The Parliament Magazine's annual MEP Awards [13]
He was re-elected in the 2024 European Parliament election in Sweden. [14]
Tobéis married to Markus Tobéwith whom he has twins born via surrogacy. [15]