Bengt Westerberg
| Bengt Westerberg | |
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| Minister for Social Affairs | |
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In office 4 October 1991 – 7 October 1994 | |
| Prime Minister | Carl Bildt |
| Preceded by | Ingela Thalén |
| Succeeded by | Ingela Thalén |
| Minister for Gender Equality | |
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In office 1993 – 7 October 1994 | |
| Prime Minister | Carl Bildt |
| Preceded by | Birgit Friggebo |
| Succeeded by | Mona Sahlin |
| Leader of the Swedish Liberal People's Party | |
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In office 1983–1995 | |
| Preceded by | Ola Ullsten |
| Succeeded by | Maria Leissner |
| Member of the Swedish Parliament for Stockholms län | |
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In office 1984–1994 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Bengt Carl Gustaf Westerberg 23 August 1943 Solna, Stockholms län |
| Political party | Liberal People's Party |
| Alma mater |
Karolinska Institutet Stockholms universitet |
Bengt Carl Gustaf Westerberg (born 23 August 1943, in Södertälje, Stockholm County, Sweden) is a Swedish politician. He was leader of the Liberal People's Party from 1983 to 1995, member of the Riksdag from 1984 to 1994 and Minister for Social Affairs and Deputy Prime Minister 1991 to 1994.
He is the son of Carl-Erik Westerberg and his wife Barbro (maiden name Wahlström). He graduated from high school in 1962, finished an associate degree in medicine at Karolinska Institute in 1962 and an undergraduate degree in economics and philosophy at Stockholm University in 1974.
He holds office as the Deputy President of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies in Geneva, Switzerland and is chairman of the Swedish Red Cross.
Westerberg is an atheist and humanist.[1]
He is twice divorced, with two daughters, Hanna Nordh (maiden name Westerberg) and Malin Westerberg from the first marriage and a son, Jacob Westerberg, from his second marriage with Marie Ehrling.
Bibliography
- Minus 100 miljarder : vägar att spara på statens utgifter (1983)
- Välfärdsstatens vägval och villkor (1993)
- Den liberala välfärdsstaten (1994)
- Han, hon, den, det : om genus och kön (1998)
- Har vi råd med äldrevård när 40-talisterna blir gamla? (2000)
- Var det verkligen bättre förr? : en självbiografisk resa (2012)
References
- ↑ "Bengt Westerberg: Humanistisk ledning av Röda Korset" (in Swedish). Humanisten. Retrieved 2007-08-18.
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| Preceded by Ola Ullsten |
Leader of the Swedish Liberal People's Party 1983—1995 |
Succeeded by Maria Leissner |