Bosse Ringholm

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Bo Ringholm
Bosse Ringholm in September 2006
Acting Minister for Foreign Affairs
In office
21 March 2006 – 27 March 2006
Prime MinisterGöran Persson
Preceded byLaila Freivalds
Succeeded byJan Eliasson
Minister for European Affairs
In office
1 January 2005 – 6 October 2006
Prime MinisterGöran Persson
Preceded byMats Hellström
Succeeded byCecilia Malmström
Deputy Prime Minister of Sweden
In office
1 November 2004 – 6 October 2006
Prime MinisterGöran Persson
Preceded byLaila Freivalds
Succeeded byMaud Olofsson
Minister for Sport
In office
1 November 2004 – 6 October 2006
Prime MinisterGöran Persson
Preceded byMona Sahlin
Succeeded byCecilia Stegö Chilò
Minister for Finance
In office
12 April 1999 – 31 October 2004
Prime MinisterGöran Persson
Preceded byErik Åsbrink
Succeeded byPär Nuder
Personal details
Born
Bo Ingvar Karchimirer Ringholm

(1942-08-18) 18 August 1942 (age 81)
Falköping, Sweden
Political partySocial Democrats
SpouseKerstin Ringholm
Children3

Bo "Bosse" Ingvar Karchimirer Ringholm (born 18 August 1942) is a Swedish Social Democratic politician. He held the titles of Minister of Finance, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister for Policy Coordination, and Minister for Sport in the Persson administration.

Career

Ringholm was born in

National Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam (FNL), the government of North Vietnam, the Pathet Lao in Laos and the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia.[2]

After stepping down from chairman of SSU, Ringholm worked as a political adviser at the Ministries of the Interior and Labour. He also became active in the local politics of

Stockholm County Council, and two years later he was elected to the executive committee of the Stockholm party branch. In 1976 he became a director at the Ministry of Education and Science, and worked in the government administration until he became Transportation Commissioner of the Stockholm County from 1983. From 1997 he was the director-general of the Swedish Labour Market Board (AMS), until Prime Minister Göran Persson unexpectedly named him to succeed Erik Åsbrink
as Minister for Finance in 1999.

On 21 October 2004 Göran Persson announced a restructuring of his government, in which Ringholm was moved from the Ministry of Finance to become Deputy Prime Minister, Minister for Policy Coordination and Minister for Sport. The reason cited by Persson was Ringholm was not interested in continuing as Minister of Finance following the coming 2006 general elections. His successor was Pär Nuder.

Following the resignation of Laila Freivalds on 21 March 2006, Ringholm was temporarily acting as Minister for Foreign Affairs until 27 March, when he was replaced by Carin Jämtin who also held the post temporarily until the new Minister for Foreign Affairs, Jan Eliasson, took office on 24 April.

Private

Although Ringholm's given name is Bo, he is almost always referred to as "Bosse", the common Swedish nickname for Bo - even in formal circumstances. He is a

Swedish National Tax Board
to investigate the matter. Ringholm, however, denied the allegations.

References

  1. ^ Ljunggren, Stig-Björn (2006-11-08). "Litet mer socialism!" (in Swedish). Piteå-Tidningen. Archived from the original on 2011-07-19. Retrieved 2008-02-26.
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Party political offices
Preceded by Chair of the Social Democratic Youth League
1967–1972
Succeeded by
Political offices
Preceded by Finance Commissioner of the
Stockholm County Council

1989–1991
Succeeded by
Preceded by Chief Commissioner of the
Stockholm County Council

1994–1997
Succeeded by
Preceded by Minister for Finance
1999–2004
Succeeded by
Preceded by Deputy Prime Minister of Sweden
2004–2006
Succeeded by
Preceded by Minister for Sports
2004–2006
Succeeded by
Preceded by Minister for European Affairs
2005–2006
Succeeded by
Preceded by Minister for Foreign Affairs
Acting

2006
Succeeded by
Government offices
Preceded by Director-General of the Swedish Employment Services
1997–1999
Succeeded by