Iranian-born woman among top administrators in Sweden
Minoo Akhtarzand — former Director-General of the Swedish National Rail Administration, and now Governor of Jönköping county - was born and raised in Tehran. Her father was a high ranking officer in the Shah's army. At the age of 17 she moved to Stockholm to study at the Royal Institute of Technology. Later she held various managerial posts at the Swedish energy company Vattenfall and was the director of the former regional labour agency in Uppsala. In February 2008 she was appointed Director-General at Banverket, the Swedish Rail Administration. In September 2010 she was appointed the governor of Jönköping County.
Akhtarzand has been honored on several occasions as one of the most influential and successful women in Sweden.
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