Björn from the Esch
Carl Gösta Björn Joachim von der Esch (born January 11, 1930 , † March 6, 2010 ) was a Swedish politician from the Moderata samlingspartiet and the Kristdemokraterna .
biography
Von der Esch was initially a naval officer , court marshal and lay judge , before he settled down as a farmer in Västerljung . He later studied business administration at Uppsala University and presented his disputation there in 1972 . He became known to a wider public in Sweden as the chairman of the board of the independent radio station Radio Nova in Vagnhärad .
His political career began as a candidate of the Moderate Party in 1991 with the arrival as a member of the Reichstag in which he substitutes of Per Westerberg was the economy minister had become. He was a member of the Reichstag until 1994. In the referendum on Sweden's membership of the European Union in 1994, he was one of the opponents of membership, since he saw no advantages for Sweden in belonging to the European Economic Area . In the subsequent Reichstag election he was in second place in the EU motståndarna, tvärpolitisk rikslista , but suffered an election defeat, lost his Reichstag mandate and failed in 1995 with his candidacy for the European Parliament . In 1995 he resigned from the Moderata samlingspartiet .
Between 1998 and 2006 he was again a member of the Reichstag, where he represented the interests of the Kristdemokraterna . At the same time he was a substitute member of the Council of Europe from 1998 to 2002. In 2003 he was a member of the board of the citizens' movement Medborgare mot EMU , which, in a poll of September 14, 2003 , spoke out against Sweden joining the European Monetary Union . In the referendum, only 2,453,899 voters (42.0 percent) spoke out in favor of joining and thus for the introduction of the euro , while 3,265,341 voters (55.9 percent) voted against, so that Sweden's currency is the Swedish krona maintained.
In 2008 he became vice-chairman of the eurosceptic party Junilistan and was in second place on the list of candidates for the 2009 European elections . In the election , however, the party only received 3.55 percent of the vote and thus not only lost 10.92 percentage points compared to the 2004 European elections , but also all three seats in the European Parliament.
Awards
- May 10, 1975: Order of the Falcons of the Republic of Iceland
- 1976: Large silver medal on ribbon for services to the Republic of Austria
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Fálkaorðuhafar ( Memento of the original from December 13, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed December 6, 2014
- ↑ List of all decorations awarded by the Federal President for services to the Republic of Austria from 1952 (PDF; 6.9 MB)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Esch, Björn from the |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Esch, Carl Gösta Björn Joachim from the |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swedish politician (Moderata samlingspartiet, Kristdemokraterna), member of the Riksdag |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 11, 1930 |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 6, 2010 |