Lars Engqvist

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.

Lars Engqvist
Lars Engqvist in 1992
Deputy Prime Minister of Sweden
In office 1 June 2004 – 1 October 2004
Prime Minister	Göran Persson
Preceded by	Marita Ulvskog (Acting)
Succeeded by	Laila Freivalds (Acting)
Minister of Health and Social Affairs
In office 16 November 1998 – 1 October 2004
Prime Minister	Göran Persson
Preceded by	Maj-Inger Klingvall
Succeeded by	Berit Andnor
Minister for Public Administration
In office 5 October 1998 – 7 October 1998
Prime Minister	Göran Persson
Preceded by	Thomas Östros
Succeeded by	Lars-Erik Lövdén
Minister for Housing
In office 5 October 1998 – 7 October 1998
Prime Minister	Göran Persson
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Lars-Erik Lövdén
Personal details
Born	13 August 1945 Sala, Sweden
Political party	Social Democratic Party
Spouse(s)	Ingvar Wallén
Alma mater	Uppsala University
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On 1 June 2004 he was appointed as deputy Prime Minister of the Swedish government. The main reason for the appointment was to make him acting the 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, but at the same time it was also announced that Enqvist would step down from his government posts on 1 October, to become the new Governor of Jönköping County.

In April 2005 he was appointed as 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.

See also

• List of Jönköping Governors

References

1. "Lars Engqvist". Nationalencyklopedin (in Swedish). Retrieved 9 May 2010.
2. "The Swedish Government". Vips-Governments. Retrieved 20 December 2014.