Cabinet of Fredrik Reinfeldt
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The cabinet of Fredrik Reinfeldt is the current cabinet of Sweden. It is a coalition cabinet consisting of the four parties in the centre-right Alliance for Sweden: the Moderate Party (Moderata samlingspartiet), the Centre Party (Centerpartiet), the Liberal People's Party (Folkpartiet liberalerna) and the Christian Democrats (Kristdemokraterna). The cabinet was installed on October 6, 2006, following the 2006 general election which ousted the Social Democrats after twelve years in power. It is led by Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt of the Moderate Party.
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[edit] Ministers and Ministries
[edit] Ministers
[edit] Party composition
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[edit] Facts and statistics
- Gender balance: 9 women and 13 men.
- First Swedish Minister of African descent: Nyamko Sabuni.
- First Swedish openly homosexual Minister: Andreas Carlgren.
- First Swedish openly bisexual Minister: Tobias Billström.
- Youngest Swedish Prime Minister in 80 years: Fredrik Reinfeldt.
[edit] New ministries
- Ministry of Employment, belonged to the Ministry of Industry, Employment and Communications in the cabinet of Göran Persson.
- Ministry of Culture, belonged to the Ministry of Education and Culture in the cabinet of Göran Persson.
- Ministry of Environment was before called the Ministry of Sustainable Development.
- Ministry of Integration and Equality, belonged to the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry for Foreign Affairs in the cabinet of Göran Persson.
[edit] Policy of the cabinet
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The new government was presented on October 6, 2006. The following reforms have been proposed:
- Communication and transportation:
- Culture:
- The new government plans to reintroduce entrance fees to the country's 21 state-operated museums.[2]
- Third-party liability premiums for vehicle insurance will be raised.[1]
- The current operator's license for the public service broadcasters Sveriges Television, Sveriges Radio and Sveriges Utbildningsradio will come up for renegotiation in three years, instead of six as negotiated with the outgoing government.[3]
- Education:
- Government agencies:
- The following government agencies will be closed down: Swedish Integration Board (Swedish: Integrationsverket), National Institute for Working Life (Swedish: Arbetslivsinstitutet), Swedish Animal Welfare Agency (Swedish: Djurskyddsmyndigheten) and the County Labour Boards (Swedish: länsarbetsnämnderna).[5]
- All agencies are being scrutinized for reformation.
- The director general, presidents and leaders are not to be employed by party association and instead by based competence.
- Foreign aid:
- The monetary foreign aid's goal and what countries receiving aid is being reconsider.
[edit] Controversies and resignations
On October 7, 2006, the day after the new cabinet was announced two of the ministers, the Minister for Foreign Trade Maria Borelius and the Minister for Culture Cecilia Stegö Chilò, admitted that they had previously employed persons to take care of their children without paying the appropriate taxes. On October 11, 2006 it came to light that Cecilia Stegö Chilò and her husband had not paid their TV license for the last 16 years. On October 12, 2006, it emerged that two other ministers in the cabinet had neglected to pay the television license; Maria Borelius and the Minister for Migration and Asylum Policy, Tobias Billström.[6] Radiotjänst i Kiruna AB, the private agency tasked with collecting the license fee, filed criminal charges against Cecilia Stegö Chilò, Maria Borelius and Tobias Billström.[7]
On October 14, 2006, Maria Borelius resigned as Minister for Foreign Trade. On October 16, 2006, just two days after Maria Borelius resignation, Minister for Culture Cecilia Stegö Chilò resigned as well.[8]
[edit] Public perception
In public opinion survey conducted by Aftonbladet/Sifo in late 2006, the Swedish public was asked to rate each of the new ministers on a 5-graded scale. The average result for the 22 ministers was 2.93.[9] This is the higher than any of the rates that the Social Democratic Persson cabinet ever received during its years in power, and the highest ratings ever since the surveys started in 1996.[10]
[edit] References
- ^ a b Tyngre börda för bilismen, Näringsliv24, October 20, 2006 (Swedish)
- ^ Free museum entry to be abolished (English), The Local, October 11, 2006.
- ^ Sändningstillstånd kan bli kortare för public service (English), The Local, October 11, 2006.
- ^ Regeringen stoppar gymnasiereform, Upsala Nya Tidning, October 11, 2006 (Swedish)
- ^ Fler myndighetsnedläggningar utreds, Svenska Dagbladet, October 23, 2006 (Swedish)
- ^ Ministers could be reported to police over TV fee (English), The Local, October 12, 2006.
- ^ Ministers reported to police for unpaid TV licences (English), The Local, October 13, 2006.
- ^ Second Swedish minister resigns (English), The Local, October 16, 2006.
- ^ Aftonbladet, January 4, 2007 (not online).
- ^ Erixon, Dick, "Högsta betyg för svensk regering någonsin", January 10, 2007.
[edit] External links
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