Ulf Sundqvist

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Sundqvist in 2009

Ulf Ludvig Sundqvist (22 February 1945 – 22 April 2023) was a Finnish politician who served as chairman of the Social Democratic Party of Finland, a minister in four cabinets in the 1970s and a banker in the 1980s.

Political career

Sundqvist was elected into the Parliament in 1970 and served as the

early 1990s recession in Finland, STS was bailed out by the government and sold at a loss to KOP
. Although Sundqvist was personally involved in some minor financial irregularities, the main thrust of the accusations against him was rooted in his incompetent management and reckless lending practices.

Sundqvist was elected chairman of the SDP in November 1991, and he was replaced by Paavo Lipponen in June 1993.

aggravated debtor's dishonesty. He was sentenced to pay back 16.4 million markkaa, but only 1.2 million mk were recovered. He also received a six months suspended prison sentence.[3] Arja Alho
used her authority as the second minister of finance to lower Sundqvist's financial liabilities in 1997, which led to her resignation.

Post-politics

Later, Sundqvist was an entrepreneur and a management consultant. He had his own company, Navinor Oy, and he worked as a senior consultant at Kreab Gavin Anderson.

Health complications and death

A smoker for 40 years, Sundqvist suffered a heart attack in Stockholm in 2004. [citation needed] At the age of 61, he was diagnosed with oral cancer. In 2007, a benign brain tumour (unrelated to the cancer) was found.[4]

Ulf Sundqvist died on 22 April 2023, at the age of 78.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Finnish Government - Ministers of Trade and Industry". Valtioneuvosto.fi. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
  2. ^ "Edustajamatrikkeli" (in Finnish). Eduskunta.
  3. ^ Sundqvist conviction stays in force. Helsingin Sanomat, 11 April 2001. On-line. Archived 2011-06-04 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ Suusyöpä yllätti Ulf Sundqvistin.
  5. ^ Demokraatti: SDP:n entinen puheenjohtaja Ulf Sundqvist on kuollut (in Finnish)

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