State Secretary to Carl-Oskar Bohlin
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Johan Berggren is State Secretary to Minister for Civil Defence Carl-Oskar Bohlin.
State Secretaries are politically appointed senior officials at the Government Offices who lead the work of a ministry directly under the head of the ministry or another minister. State Secretaries are responsible for planning and coordination.
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Areas of responsibility
- Civil contingencies planning, including civil defence
Personal
Johan Berggren was born in 1979 and lives in Stockholm. He is married and has two children.
Education
2005–2006
Master of Arts in European Economic Studies, College of Europe
2004–2005
Degree of Master of International Studies, Uppsala University
1998–2001
Degree of Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Philosophy, Politics and Economics, Oxford University
Positions and assignments
2022–
State Secretary, Ministry of Defence
2021–2022
Deputy Director, The Swedish Dialogue Institute for the Middle East and North Africa
2020
Author, The Perfect Conflict
2017–2019
Deputy Director, Moderate Party Parliamentary Secretariat (also served as Deputy Party Secretary in 2017)
2013–2017
Chief of Staff and Adviser to Tony Blair, Office of the Quartet, Jerusalem
2012–2013
Director of Planning, Prime Minister’s Office
2009–2012
Political Adviser, Ministry of Finance
2009
Desk Officer, Budget Department, Ministry of Finance
2008–2009
Political Adviser, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
2007–2008
Desk Officer, Ministry of Defence
2006–2007
Trainee, Government Offices of Sweden
2002–2004
Business Analyst, McKinsey & Company
