Director of Communication and Public Affairs | |
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Kommunikationsdirektör | |
since 1 October 2023 | |
Swedish Armed Forces | |
Type | Director of communications and public affairs |
Abbreviation | KOMDIR |
Member of | Defence Board |
Reports to | Chief of Defence Staff |
Seat | Swedish Armed Forces Headquarters, Lidingövägen 24, Stockholm |
Term length | No fixed term |
Constituting instrument | FFS 2013:4, Chapter 14 FFS 2016:2, Chapter 8 FIB 2020:5, Chapter 8 |
First holder | Staffan Dopping |
The Director of Communication and Public Affairs[1] (Swedish: Kommunikationsdirektör, KOMDIR, previously Informationsdirektör, INFODIR) is the director of communications of the Swedish Armed Forces, in charge of public affairs. KOMDIR, which heads the Communications Department (Ledningsstabens kommunikationsavdelning, LEDS KOMM, previously called the Office of Communication and Public Affairs (Informationsstaben, INFOS), is an administrative position based at the Swedish Armed Forces Headquarters in Stockholm. The KOMDIR is part of the Defence Board (Försvarsmaktsledningen, FML), a group of the Supreme Commander's top commanders.[2]