Ilija Batljan (born 1967) is a former Montenegrin-Swedish Social Democratic politician. Since 2010 Ilija Batljan has been working with real estate in Sweden and in the spring of 2016 he founded the company Samhällsbyggnadsbolaget (SBB), which has since then grown to become one of the bigger real estate companies in Sweden. The firm's shares are listed on the Nasdaq Stockholm exchange and the 'B' class form part of the benchmark OMXS30 index.
Ilija Batljan | |
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| Mayor of Nynäshamn | |
| In office 2005–2009 | |
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| Political party | Social Democratic |
| Occupation | businessman and politician |
He moved to Sweden in 1993 during the breakup of his native Yugoslavia and in 1996 earned a B.A. in economics at Stockholm University, later earning a PhD in 2007. Engaging himself in the Social Democratic Party under then-Prime Minister Göran Persson, he was elected municipal commissioner and Mayor of Nynäshamn in 2005, resigning in 2009 in order to take up his former post as county commissioner. He is generally regarded as a fiscal liberal and a strongman of the social liberal wing of the Social Democratic Party. During the 2010 general election he publicly criticized the party leadership for promising to reinstate wealth and property taxes abolished by the Reinfeldt administration, calling the controversial property tax "perverse". His reformist agenda earned him harsh internal criticism but also made him an expected frontrunner for the party's 2011 leadership election after the party's defeat, but he has publicly proclaimed his will not to run.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13]
References edit
- ^ "Protokoll från landstingsfullmäktige"[permanent dead link], Stockholms läns landsting, 13 April 2010
- ^ Ilija Batljan slutar som kommunalråd, Nynäshamns kommun (Läst 19 December 2010)
- ^ Intervju i Byggbiz, december 2009 Archived 19 August 2010 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Intervju i Stockholm Bygger, 25 april 2009" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 June 2013. Retrieved 21 January 2012.
- ^ Intervju i Veteranen, 9 September 2009 Archived 28 August 2010 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Pressmeddelande Socialdemokraterna, 13 april 2010". Bolagsfakta.se. 13 April 2010. Archived from the original on 16 March 2012. Retrieved 21 January 2012.
- ^ Mia Tottmar mia.tottmar@dn.se (4 May 2010). ""Strid om miljardnotan för Nya Karolinska", Dagens Nyheter, 4 maj 2010". Dagens Nyheter. Retrieved 21 January 2012.
- ^ ""Nya Karolinska den sämsta affären i landstingets historia", DN Debatt, 21 maj 2010". Dagens Nyheter. 21 May 2010. Retrieved 21 January 2012.
- ^ Nya Karolinska byggs i Solna. ""Politiker eniga om Nya Karolinska", P4 Radio Stockholm, 1 juni 2010". Sverigesradio.se. Retrieved 21 January 2012.
- ^ Sofia Ohlsson Djerf sofia.ohlssondjerf@dn.se (28 May 2010). ""Socialdemokraterna i Stockholm kräver EU-prövning", Dagens Nyheter, 28 maj 2010". Dagens Nyheter. Retrieved 21 January 2012.
- ^ Veckans Affärer, Sveriges 101 supertalanger 2009, va.se Archived 6 July 2010 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Dagens Samhälle, Batljan en "supertalang", 10 September 2010
- ^ Isaksson, Christer (2010). Den nya vän(s)tern : [åt vilket håll går socialdemokraterna?]. Stockholm: Ekerlid. ISBN 978-91-7092-146-9.