Bo Könberg

Bo Könberg

Bo Göran Könberg (born October 14, 1945 in Stockholm), was between January 1, 2006 and September 30, 2012, Governor (Swedish: landshövding) of Södermanland County, south of Stockholm.

Bo Könberg is a Swedish Liberal People’s Party politician and was member of the Riksdag 1995-2005. In his political career Könberg has held many positions, among them:

• Head of the Liberal People’s Party Group in Parliament (Riksdagen) 1998 – 2005

• Member of the Parliament 1994 – 2005

• Minister for Health Care and Social Security 1991 – 1994 (Swedish: Socialdepartementet) in the Bildt Cabinet, in which he was in charge of a major pension reform in 1994, the first “Non-financial” or Notional Defined Contribution (NDC) pension system decided by a Parliament.

• County Council Commissioner of the Stockholm County Council for two periods: 1978 – 1982 and 1985 – 1991.

• Chairman of the Public Healthcare Committee in Stockholm County for two periods: 1978 – 1982 and 1985 – 1991.

• Head of the Liberal People’s Party Group (Folkpartiet) in Stockholm County Council 1982 – 1991.

• Bo Könberg was Chairman of the Program Committee for the Swedish Liberal People’s Party, which in 1997 introduced the present platform of the Party.
• Bo Könberg is Chairman of the board of the Swedish Pensions Agency.
• The Nordic Council of Ministers has asked Bo Könberg to write an independent report to the summer of 2014 on how the Nordic cooperation in the health field can be developed in the next 5-10 years.

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