Bo Lundgren

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Bo Axel Magnus Lundgren (born July 11, 1947) is a Swedish politician. He is the former leader of the Moderate Party.

Lundgren was born in Kristianstad in Skåne. Between 1991 and 1994, he served as Deputy Minister of Finance with special responsibility for taxation. He was also Minister for Sport.

He was elected party leader by the 1999 party congress, succeeding Carl Bildt, but resigned only four years later, following poor results in the Swedish parliamentary election, 2002. He was generally considered as a politician with a little too much emphasis on budget numbers and specific tax cuts, which might have contributed to the party's low vote fall-out that year^{[citation needed]}. He was criticised for promising to cut taxes by 130 billion Swedish kronor. Göran Persson caused much problems to Lundgren during the campaign by repeating "130 billion" in the debates.

Bo Lundgren was succeeded by Fredrik Reinfeldt. He is still respected among Moderates for his principled stand on issues as a leader, especially since Fredrik Reinfeldt has been pursuing more centrist policies.

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Preceded by: Carl Bildt

Leader of the Swedish Moderate Party 1999–2003

Succeeded by: Fredrik Reinfeldt