On 6 October 2006, Bildt was appointed as Minister of Foreign Affairs in the newly formed government led by Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt.

This was seen by many as a somewhat surprising move, because Bildt had already served both as Prime Minister and as leader of the Moderate Party and the previous conflict between Bildt and Reinfeldt.

He was succeeded by the pragmatist Fredrik Reinfeldt.

Former head of the Moderate Youth Fredrik Reinfeldt was elected as the new party leader in 2003.

Reinfeldt was elected party leader on 25 October 2003, succeeding Bo Lundgren.

Following the general election held on 17 September 2006, Reinfeldt was elected Prime Minister by the new parliament on 6 October.

After the 2010 election Reinfeldt's government was reduced to a minority government but also becoming the first centre-right government since before World War II to be re-elected, making Reinfeldt the first Moderate politician elected to two consecutive terms as Prime Minister.

In 1965, Fredrik Reinfeldt was born at Allmänna BB hospital in Stockholm, as the oldest of three brothers to his parents Bruno and Birgitta Reinfeldt.

The Reinfeldt family was living in Bromsten when Fredrik's younger brothers, Magnus and Henrik, were born in 1969 and 1973.

In 1990, he became chairman of the Moderate Youth League in Stockholm, and in 1991 Reinfeldt was elected a member of the Riksdag — the Swedish Parliament.

From 1992 to 1995, Reinfeldt was the chairman of the Moderate Youth League.

The congress was controversial because it was the culmination of a long ideological battle within the Moderate Youth League between the conservatives and the libertarians ; Reinfeldt represented the conservatives and Kristersson the libertarians.

Reinfeldt later stated that although the effects of that deep ideological division and battle in the party lingered on within the Moderate Youth League, he also felt that it was a defining moment in his life.

During the period 1995 to 1997, Reinfeldt was chairman of the Democrat Youth Community of Europe.

On 14 February 1995, Reinfeldt was called to a meeting of the Moderate Party's Riksdag group, which took place in the former second chamber () of the Swedish parliament building, a meeting where Bildt apparently scolded him for hours.

After this, Reinfeldt toned down his criticism, but was ostracized within the Moderate Party and not given any important posts until after the change of leadership when Lundgren succeeded Bildt in 1999.

From 2001 to 2002, Reinfeldt was chairman of the justice committee of the Swedish parliament.

After the 2002 election, Reinfeldt was elected as leader of the Moderate Party parliamentary group, spokesman for economic policy and vice chairman of the parliament's finance committee.

During the run-up for the 2006 Swedish general election, Reinfeldt was subjected to a smear campaign.

At a press conference, Reinfeldt commented that " this feels historic in many ways " because it was the first time in years there would be a majority government in Sweden.

A day later, he was elected in the Riksdag with 175 members voting in support of Reinfeldt and 169 against him succeeding to the prime ministership.

Reinfeldt was President of the European Council from 1 July to 1 December 2009.

The current chairman of the party is Fredrik Reinfeldt, who is also Prime Minister of Sweden.

Reinfeldt has been credited for having moved the party more towards the centre in Swedish politics, which is also reflected by its own claim of being the " New Moderates ".

Since Fredrik Reinfeldt became party leader, the party has slowly started to move further towards the political center and also adopted pragmatic views.

Reinfeldt has also been described as a communitarian.

His father Bruno Reinfeldt was also formerly involved in local politics for the Moderate Party in Täby, but left all his political posts in February 2009 after having been arrested and later convicted for drink driving.

After the election results were clear, the Speaker of the Parliament of Sweden, Björn von Sydow, asked Reinfeldt to form Alliance for Sweden into a coalition government.

Approval ratings for Reinfeldt as a person remained overall good but fluctuating through most of the period 2006-2010, but did not always seem to translate into support for the cabinet.

At present, Reinfeldt has moved into the official residence of the Prime Minister of Sweden, the Sager House, together with his wife and their three children, Ebba, Gustaf and Erik.

After Burrough's score gave the Oilers a 7-0 lead, the Patriots marched deep into Houston territory, but safety Mike Reinfeldt intercepted a pass at the 1-yard line, and then the Oilers marched 99 yards to score on Barber's first touchdown.

After school, Reinfeldt completed his military service as a ranger () at Lapplands jägarregemente and finished first in his class as a cadet in Umeå.

Reinfeldt joined the Moderate Youth League — the youth wing of the Swedish Moderate Party — in 1983 at the age of 18.

During this time, Reinfeldt traveled around the country gathering impressions and support at the local level of the Moderate Party.

Reinfeldt at the EPP Congress in March 2012

Reinfeldt with former U. S. President George W. Bush at the White House

Fredrik Reinfeldt with his former wife Filippa Reinfeldt | Filippa during the 2009 National Day of Sweden | Swedish National Day celebrations at Skansen, Stockholm.

As one of Europe's new conservative leaders, Reinfeldt is seen as an important ally of the United States.

During the 2000 United States presidential election, Reinfeldt visited the United States to support the campaign of George W. Bush.

Prior to the 2004 United States presidential election, Reinfeldt again expressed his support for Bush.

Politicians alleged to have used triangulation more recently include US President Barack Obama, former Senator Hillary Clinton, Tony Blair with " New Labour " in the United Kingdom, Jean Chrétien and Paul Martin with the Liberal Party of Canada, Fredrik Reinfeldt with " The New Moderates " in Sweden, and Bob Hawke, Paul Keating, and Kevin Rudd of the Australian Labor Party.