Lars Engqvist

Lars Engqvist (born August 13, 1945) is a Swedish politician. He served as chairman of the youth organization of the Swedish Social Democrats from 1972 to 1978, and then worked as a journalist. He was the editor-in-chief of Arbetet, a Malmö-based newspaper. In the early 1990s he was the mayor of Malmö, and then president of the Swedish Film Institute before receiving his first government appointment in 1998.

On June 1, 2004 he was appointed as deputy Prime Minister of the Swedish government. The main reason for the appointment was to make him acting the prime minister under Göran Persson, when the latter received knee surgery in early June. The appointment will not affect his status as the Minister of Health and Social Affairs, but at the same time it was also announced that Enqvist will step down from his government posts on October 1, to become the new Governor of Jönköping County.

In April 2005 he was appointed as chairman of the Swedish public service television company Sveriges Television, succeeding Allan Larsson. The appointment drew criticism because of his close ties to the Social Democratic Party and the government.

See also

• List of Jönköping Governors

References

Preceded by Bosse Ringholm	Chairman of the Social Democratic Youth League 1972–1978	Succeeded by Jan Nygren
Preceded by Nils Yngvesson	Mayor of Malmö 1990–1992	Succeeded by Joakim Ollén
Preceded by Ingrid Edström	Executive Director of the Swedish Film Institute 1994–1998	Succeeded by Hans Ottoson
Preceded by Leif Blomberg	Assistant Minister of Interior of Sweden Minister of Integration 1998	Succeeded by Ulrica Messing
Preceded by Jörgen Andersson	Minister for Interior of Sweden 1998	Succeeded by Lars-Erik Lövdén
Preceded by Thomas Östros	Assistant Minister of Finance of Sweden 1998	Succeeded by Lars-Erik Lövdén
Preceded by Maj-Inger Klingvall	Minister for Health and Social Affairs of Sweden 1998–2004	Succeeded by Berit Andnor
Preceded by Marita Ulvskog	Deputy Prime Minister of Sweden 2004	Succeeded by Laila Freivalds
Preceded by Birgit Friggebo	Governor of Jönköping County 2004-	Succeeded by incumbent
Preceded by Allan Larsson	Chairman of Sveriges Television 2005-2011	Succeeded by Göran Johnsson