Bosse Ringholm
Bo Ringholm | |
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Acting Minister for Foreign Affairs | |
In office 21 March 2006 – 27 March 2006 | |
Prime Minister | Göran Persson |
Preceded by | Laila Freivalds |
Succeeded by | Jan Eliasson |
Minister for European Affairs | |
In office 1 January 2005 – 6 October 2006 | |
Prime Minister | Göran Persson |
Preceded by | Mats Hellström |
Succeeded by | Cecilia Malmström |
Deputy Prime Minister of Sweden | |
In office 1 November 2004 – 6 October 2006 | |
Prime Minister | Göran Persson |
Preceded by | Laila Freivalds |
Succeeded by | Maud Olofsson |
Minister for Sport | |
In office 1 November 2004 – 6 October 2006 | |
Prime Minister | Göran Persson |
Preceded by | Mona Sahlin |
Succeeded by | Cecilia Stegö Chilò |
Minister for Finance | |
In office 12 April 1999 – 31 October 2004 | |
Prime Minister | Göran Persson |
Preceded by | Erik Åsbrink |
Succeeded by | Pär Nuder |
Personal details | |
Born | Bo Ingvar Karchimirer Ringholm 18 August 1942 Falköping, Sweden |
Political party | Social Democrats |
Spouse | Kerstin Ringholm |
Children | 3 |
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
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
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
References
- ^ 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.
- ISBN 91-86092-22-7.