. Biography of H.E.Ingvar Carlsson

Ingvar Carlsson Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Sweden 1986-1991, 1994-1996

Born 1934. Degree in political science and economics at the University of Lund, 1958; Special Assistant in the Cabinet Office to the Prime Minister, Tage Erlander, 1958-60; Studied economics at Northwestern University in the United States, 1961; Chairman of the Swedish Social Democratic Party Youth League, 1961-67; Member of Parliament, 1964-96; Under-Secretary of State at the Cabinet Office, 1967-69; Minister for Education and Cultural Affairs, 1969-73; Chairman of the County of Stockholm Branch of the Social Democratic Party, 1971-74; Member of the National Board of the Social Democratic Party, 1972-96; Minister for Housing and Physical Planning, 1973-76; Member of the Executive Committee of the Social Democratic National Board, 1975-96; Deputy Prime Minister with special responsibility for political planning and co-ordination of research policy, 1982-86; Minister of Environment, 1985-86; Prime Minister, 1986-1991; Member of the Six Nations initiative (India, Mexico, Tanzania, Canada, Greece, Argentina, and Sweden) to support nuclear disarmament, 1986-90; Chairman of the Social Democratic Party, 1986-96; Co-chairman of the Commission on Global Governance, 1992- Prime Minister, 1994-1996; Member of the Advisory Board to the UN Staff College, 1997- present; Chairman of the Foundation for Strategic Research, 1997- present;  Chairman of Olof Palme International Center, 1999- present; Inquiry into the UN Actions during the 1994 Genocide in Rwanda, 1999.

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