Göran Lambertz

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Lars Göran Tomas Lambertz (born 17 February 1950) is the current Chancellor of Justice (Swedish: justitiekansler) in Sweden.

[edit] Biography

Lambertz was born in Kisa in Östergötland County. He received a Candidate of Law (Swedish: juris kandidat) from Uppsala University in 1976. He became an Assessor at the Svea Court of Appeal (Swedish: Svea hovrätt) and was employed at the Swedish Ministry of Justice the same year. In 1994 Lambertz was appointed as Assistant Undersecretary (Swedish: departementsråd) and in 1997 as Chief of Justice (Swedish: rättschef) at the Ministry of Justice. He was appointed as Chancellor of Justice on October 1, 2001.

Lambertz has been married with Susanne Lambertz, who works as a microbiologist, since 1975. The wedding, that was small scale, took place in Paris.[1]

[edit] Issues and controversies

Göran Lambertz has received much attention in Swedish media. No chancellor of justice before him has been so well known to the people.[2] This has also resulted in much critisicm against him. He has often been accused of being populistic.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Peruzzi, Britt. Det är ynkligt att vända ryggen till (Swedish). Aftonbladet. Retrieved on 2006-12-20.
  2. ^ Brink, Bosse. Med passion för juridik (Swedish). Svenska Dagbladet. Retrieved on 2006-12-20.
Preceded by
Hans Regner		 Chancellor of Justice
2001 – present		 Incumbent
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