Bo Holmberg
Bo Lindor Holmberg (born November 17, 1942 in Härnösand , † February 10, 2010 in Stockholm ) was a Swedish politician .
biography
After attending the Volkshochschule (Folkhögskola), from which he graduated in 1968 with an exam as a Socionom, he worked as a school assistant, planning secretary and political secretary.
Holmberg, who was a member of the Social Democratic Workers' Party ( Sveriges socialdemokratiska arbetareparti ), began his political career as a member of the social committee in his native Härnösand between 1969 and 1973. At the same time, he was a member of the city council from 1971 to 1976 and a member of the administrative board from 1974 to 1976 . In 1978 he was elected district head in Ångermanland , where he was also a board member of SAP. In 1976 he became a member of the Provincial Assembly (Landstingsråd) of Västernorrlands län .
After the election to the Swedish Reichstag in 1982 , Prime Minister Olof Palme appointed him Minister for Local Affairs on September 19, 1982. As part of a cabinet reshuffle, he then took over the office of Minister of the Interior on January 1, 1983, and held this office under Palme's successor Ingvar Carlsson until October 4, 1988. In these offices he advocated a reorganization of the administration, in particular through decentralization and entering into cooperation.
In the 1985 Reichstag elections he was elected a member of the Reichstag himself and represented the constituency of Västernorrlands län until 1996 . In the Reichstag, he was mainly a member of the Social Committee, of which he was initially deputy chairman from 1988 to 1991. After he was chairman of the committee from 1991 to 1994, he was most recently deputy chairman of the social committee again until 1996. During this time he was also chairman of the ad hoc committee that worked on the 1995 reform of psychiatry ( psychiatric reforms).
After leaving the Reichstag, he became head of the provincial government ( Landshövding ) of Södermanland County in 1996 and held this office until 2005.
Between 2005 and 2006 he was most recently Director General of the Government Chancellery (Regeringskansliet) of Prime Minister Göran Persson .
Bo Holmberg had been married to Foreign Minister Anna Lindh , who was murdered in 2003, since 1991 . Holmberg was found dead in his apartment in 2010; the couple left behind two sons, 16 and 19 years old at the time of Holmberg's death.
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Holmberg, Bo |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Holmberg, Bo Lindor (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swedish politician, member of the Riksdag |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 17, 1942 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Harnösand |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 10, 2010 |
| Place of death | Stockholm |