Olof Johansson

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Olof Johansson (born July 31, 1937 in Ljungby ) is a Swedish politician of the Centerpartiet .

Life

Johansson did his military service as a reserve officer from 1970. He then studied economics at the Stockholm School of Economics. Johansson began to be politically active and from 1969 to 1971 was chairman of the youth organization of the Centerpartiet. From 1987 to 1998 Johansson was the successor to Karin Söder as the party chairman of the Centerpartiet. He was followed by Lennart Daléus as party leader . From 1991 to 1994 Johansson succeeded Birgitta Dahl as Environment Minister in Sweden. The next environment minister was Görel Thurdin .

In the Riksdag Johansson sat as an MP from 1971 to 1976, 1978 to 1979 and from 1982 to 1988. After the end of his political career Johansson worked in the Swedish private sector. From 2002 to 2009 he was chairman of the Swedish state group Systembolaget .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Aftonbladet: Grattis, Olof Johansson (Swedish)