Bo Ringholm
| Bo Ringholm | |
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Minister for Foreign Affairs Acting |
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In office 21 March 2006 – 27 March 2006 |
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| Prime Minister | Göran Persson |
| Preceded by | Laila Freivalds |
| Succeeded by | Jan Eliasson |
| Minister for European Affairs | |
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In office 1 January 2005 – 6 October 2006 |
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| Prime Minister | Göran Persson |
| Preceded by | Mats Hellström |
| Succeeded by | Cecilia Malmström |
| Deputy Prime Minister of Sweden | |
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In office 1 November 2004 – 6 October 2006 |
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| Prime Minister | Göran Persson |
| Preceded by | Laila Freivalds |
| Succeeded by | Maud Olofsson |
| Minister for Sports | |
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In office 1 November 2004 – 6 October 2006 |
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| Prime Minister | Göran Persson |
| Preceded by | Mona Sahlin |
| Succeeded by | Cecilia Stegö Chilò |
| Minister for Finance | |
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In office 12 April 1999 – 21 October 2004 |
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| Prime Minister | Göran Persson |
| Preceded by | Erik Åsbrink |
| Succeeded by | Pär Nuder |
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Bo Ingvar Karchimirer Ringholm 18 August 1942 Falköping, Sweden |
| Political party | Social Democrats |
| Spouse(s) | Kerstin Ringholm |
| Children | 3 |
Bo "Bosse" Ingvar Karchimirer Ringholm (born August 18, 1942 in Falköping) is a Swedish Social Democratic politician. He held the titles of Minister of Finance, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister for Policy Coordination, and Minister for Sport in the Persson administration.
Ringholm was born in Falköping, a town in the west of Sweden, and grew up in a working-class family. He lacks higher education, and dropped out of high school after failing both Maths and English. Like many Swedish Social Democratic politicians of his generation, Ringholm started his political career in the Swedish Social Democratic Youth League, an organisation he led 1967–1972. As chairman of the Social Democratic Youth League, Ringholm was known for his radical left-wing views. Among other things, he advocated the nationalization of private-owned Swedish bank institutions and Swedish economic support to the National Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam (FNL), the government of North Vietnam, the Pathet Lao in Laos and the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia.
After stepping down from chairman of SSU, Ringholm worked as a political adviser at the Ministries of the Interior and Labour. He also became active in the local politics of . From 1973 he was a member of the , and two years later he was elected to the executive committee of the Stockholm party branch. In 1976 he became a director at the Ministry of Education and Science, and worked in the government administration until he became Transportation Commissioner of the from 1983. From 1997 he was the director-general of the Swedish Labour Market Board (AMS), until Prime Minister Göran Persson unexpectedly named him to succeed Erik Åsbrink as Minister for Finance in 1999.
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