Jens Orback

{{Short description|Swedish politician (born 1959)}}

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Jens Olov Heinrich Orback (born 21 April 1959 in Stockholm) is a Swedish Social Democratic politician. He was Minister for Democracy, Metropolitan Affairs, Integration, and Gender Equality in the Ministry of Justice in the Cabinet of Göran Persson (2004-2006).

Jens Orback graduated from Stockholm University in 1985 with a Bachelor of Science in Economics. He was active in the Swedish Social Democratic Youth League at a local level, and worked in the Ministry of Finance in the late 1980s, before embarking on a career as a television journalist with the public service channels of Sveriges Television. In 2002, he returned to local politics in Stockholm, serving as the chair of the council of Maria-Gamla Stan borough until he became a minister on 1 November 2004.

Between 2008 and 2016 he was the Secretary General of the Olof Palme International Center,{{cite news|url=https://www.omvarlden.se/Intervju/intervjuer-2015/fran-barnkammardiplomat-till-generalsekreterare/|title=Från barnkammardiplomat till generalsekreterare|publisher=OmVärlden|language=sv|date=27 February 2015|access-date=11 February 2021}}{{cite news|url=https://www.omvarlden.se/bransch/ny-pa-jobbet/ny-generalsekreterare-for-palme-centret/|title=Ny generalsekreterare för Palmecentret|publisher=OmVärlden|language=sv|date=14 January 2017|access-date=11 February 2021}} after which his currently works as Executive Director of the Global Challenges Foundation