Thage G. Peterson
Thage Edvin Gerhard Peterson (born September 24, 1933 in Växjö , Kronobergs län ) is a former Swedish politician of the Sveriges socialdemokratiska arbetareparti (Socialdemokraterna), who was not only minister several times, but also President of the Reichstag from 1988 to 1991 .
biography
Peterson became a member of the Reichstag for the first time in a by-election in 1971 as a candidate for the Socialdemokraterna and was a member of the Reichstag after eight re-elections until 1998.
In 1975 he was commissioned by Prime Minister Olof Palme as coordination minister in the government chancellery for the first time with a cabinet post and held this office until 1976.
After the Social Democrats won the Reichstag elections on September 19, 1982 , he was appointed by Prime Minister Palme as Minister of Industry in his government and held this office until 1988 under Ingvar Carlsson , who, after Palme's murder on February 28, 1986, succeeded him as Prime Minister. After a cabinet reshuffle, he was then Minister of Justice in the Carlsson cabinet from June to September 1988 .
After the Reichstag elections in 1988 he became President of the Reichstag on October 18, 1988 and held this office until September 30, 1991.
After that, Peterson, who had been a member of the Defense Committee for many years, was chairman of the Reichstag constitutional committee from October 1991 to October 1994.
Subsequently, Prime Minister Carlsson appointed him in October 1994 after the victory of the Socialdemokraterna in the Reichstag elections in 1994 as Minister of Defense in his government. He also held this position under Carlsson's successor Göran Persson , who took office as Prime Minister in March 1996, until February 1997. He then became a minister in the government chancellery as part of a cabinet reshuffle. After the Reichstag elections in September 1998 , Peterson resigned from the Reichstag and the government.
Web links
- Reichstag website (Swedish)
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Ingemund Bengtsson |
President of the Reichstag 1988–1991 |
Ingegerd Troedsson |
Ingvar Carlsson | Jörgen Andersson | Leif Blomberg | Laila Freivalds | Sten Heckscher (1994–1996) | Anna Hedborg | Mats Hellström | Lena Hjelm-Wallén | Ylva Johansson | Anna Lindh | Jan Nygren | Göran Persson | Thage G. Peterson | Mona Sahlin (1994-1995) | Pierre Schori | Anders Sundström | Ingela Thalén | Carl Tham | Marita Ulvskog | Ines Uusmann | Margareta Winberg
Göran Persson | Annika Åhnberg (1996-1998) | Jörgen Andersson (1996–1998) | Berit Andnor (from 2002) | Erik Åsbrink (1996-1999) | Ibrahim Baylan (from 2004) | Leni Björklund (from 2002) | Leif Blomberg (1996–1998, †) | Thomas Bodström (from 2000) | Jan Eliasson (from 2006) | Lars Engqvist (1998-2004) | Laila Freivalds (1996-2006) | Lena Hallengren (from 2002) | Lena Hjelm-Wallén (1996-2002) | Barbro Holmberg (from 2003) | Cärin Jämtin (from 2003) | Morgan Johansson (from 2002) | Ylva Johansson (1996–1998) and (2004–2006) | Hans Karlsson (from 2002) | Jan O. Karlsson (2002-2003) | Maj-Inger Klingvall (1996-2001) | Kjell Larsson (1998-2002) | Anna Lindh (1996–2003, †) | Lars-Erik Lövdén (1998-2004) | Gunna Lund (2002-2004) | Ulrica brass | Pär Nuder (from 2002) | Ann-Christin Nykvist (from 2002) | Jens Orback (from 2004) | Sven-Erik Österberg (from 2004) | Thomas Östros | Leif Pagrotsky | Thage G. Peterson (1996-1998) | Bosse Ringholm (from 1999) | Björn Rosengren (1998–2002) | Mona Sahlin (from 1998) | Pierre Schori (1996-1999) | Lena Sommestad (from 2002) | Anders Sundström (1996-1998) | Ingel Thalén (1999-2002) | Carl Tham (1996-1998) | Marita Ulvskog (1996-2004) | Ines Uusmann (1996–1998) | Björn von Sydow (1996–2002) | Margot Wallström (1996-1998) | Ingegerd Wärnersson (1998–2002) | Margareta Winberg (1996-2003)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Peterson, Thage G. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Peterson, Thage Edvin Gerhard (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swedish politician (Sveriges socialdemokratiska arbetareparti), member of the Riksdag, minister |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 24, 1933 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Växjö , Kronobergs län |