Carl B. Hamilton

Count
Carl B. Hamilton
Carl B. Hamilton in 2011.
Member of the Riksdag
for Stockholm Municipality
In office
1991–1993
In office
1994–1994
In office
1997–1998
In office
2002–2014
Personal details
Born Carl Peter Bastiat Hamilton
January 1, 1946
Gothenburg, Sweden
Nationality Swedish
Political party Liberal People's Party

Count Carl Peter Bastiat Hamilton (born 1 January 1946 in Gothenburg) is a Swedish economist and politician.

Hamilton has been a Member of Parliament for the Liberal People's Party from 1997 to 1998 and again since 2002. He sits in the parliament's Committee on the Labour Market and is vice-chair of the Committee on EU Affairs. He is also a member of the party board of the Liberal People's Party.

From 1993 to 1994 he served as an Undersecretary of State at the Swedish Ministry of Finance.

Hamilton holds a doctorate in economics from London in 1974. From 1992 to 1997 he served as a professor in economics at the Stockholm University. During the mid 90s he worked as chief economist at Handelsbanken. Since 1999 he is a part-time professor in international economics at the Stockholm School of Economics.

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