Claes-Ulrik Winberg

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Claes-Ulrik Winberg (born 23 September 1925 in Denmark, died 31 May 1989) was a Swedish industrialist and business executive. He was CEO of Hexagon AB from 1966 to 1971 and of AB Bofors from 1972 to 1984. He was also chairman of the Swedsih Iron Industry Association (Swedish: Järnbruksförbundet) from 1978 to 1983 and of the Swedish Employers' Confederation (Swedish: Svenska arbetsgivareföreningen) from 1984 to 1985. Winberg was forced to resign his position as chairman of the Swedish Employers' Confederation following the unveiling of the Bofors scandal in 1984.

Winberg died in a car crash on 31 May 1989. His wife Kristina died in the crash as well. The official cause of the crash was due to accident, but this has been disputed. Some people assert that he was assassinated and that his death was staged, due to his knowledge of and involvement in the Bofors scandal. Several other people with knowledge of the scandal, most notably war materials inspector Carl Fredrik Algernon and journalist Cats Falck, had earlier died under unclear circumstances as well.

Persondata
NAME	Winberg, Claes-Ulrik
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Swedish industrialist and business executive
DATE OF BIRTH	23 September 1925
PLACE OF BIRTH	Denmark
DATE OF DEATH	31 May 1989
PLACE OF DEATH	Sweden