Lars Engqvist
Lars Engqvist in 1992
Deputy Prime Minister of Sweden
In office
1 June 2004 – 1 October 2004
Prime MinisterGöran Persson
Preceded byMarita Ulvskog (acting)
Succeeded byLaila Freivalds (acting)
Minister of Health and Social Affairs
In office
16 November 1998 – 1 October 2004
Prime MinisterGöran Persson
Preceded byMaj-Inger Klingvall
Succeeded byBerit Andnor
Minister of the Interior
In office
5 October 1998 – 7 October 1998
Prime MinisterGöran Persson
Preceded byThomas Östros
Succeeded byLars-Erik Lövdén
Minister for Housing
In office
5 October 1998 – 7 October 1998
Prime MinisterGöran Persson
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byLars-Erik Lövdén
Personal details
Born (1945-08-13) 13 August 1945 (age 78)
Sala, Sweden
Political partySocial Democratic Party
SpouseIngvar Wallén
Alma materUppsala University
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Lars Engqvist (born 13 August 1945) is a Swedish politician.[1] He served as chairman of the youth organization of the Swedish Social Democrats from 1972 to 1978, and then worked as a journalist. He was the editor-in-chief of Arbetet, a Malmö-based newspaper.[2] In the early 1990s he was the mayor of Malmö, and then president of the Swedish Film Institute before receiving his first government appointment in 1998.

On 1 June 2004 he was appointed deputy Prime Minister of the Swedish government. The appointment was mainly to make him the acting prime minister under Göran Persson, when the latter received knee surgery in early June. The appointment would not affect his status as the Minister of Health and Social Affairs. However, at the same time it was also announced that Engqvist would step down from his government posts on 1 October,[3] to become the new Governor of Jönköping County.

In April 2005 he was appointed chairman of the Swedish public service television company Sveriges Television, succeeding Allan Larsson. The appointment drew criticism because of his close ties to the Social Democratic Party and the government.

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References

  1. ^ "Lars Engqvist". Nationalencyklopedin (in Swedish). Retrieved 9 May 2010.
  2. ^ "The Swedish Government". Vips-Governments. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
  3. ^ Lova Olsson (1 June 2004). "Lars Engqvist lämnar regeringen" (in Swedish). Svenska Dagbladet. Retrieved 18 December 2022.
Party political offices Preceded byBo Ringholm Chair of the Social Democratic Youth League 1972–1978 Succeeded byJan Nygren Political offices Preceded byNils Yngvesson Mayor of Malmö 1990–1992 Succeeded byJoakim Ollén Preceded byLeif Blomberg Minister of Integration 1998 Succeeded byUlrica Messing Preceded byJörgen Andersson Minister of the Interior 1998 Succeeded byLars-Erik Lövdén Preceded byMaj-Inger Klingvall Minister for Health and Social Affairs 1998–2004 Succeeded byBerit Andnor Preceded byMarita UlvskogActing Deputy Prime Minister of Sweden 2004 Succeeded byLaila FreivaldsActing Preceded byBirgit Friggebo Governor of Jönköping County 2004–2010 Succeeded byMinoo Akhtarzand Media offices Preceded byIngrid Edström Executive Director of the Swedish Film Institute 1994–1998 Succeeded byHans Ottoson Preceded byAllan Larsson Chair of the Sveriges Television 2005–2011 Succeeded byGöran Johnsson
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