Cecilia Stegö Chilò

Marie Cecilia Stegö Chilò (Swedish pronunciation: [kɪˈloː]; born 25 March 1959) was the Swedish Minister for Culture for ten days, from 6 to 16 October 2006. Prior to her appointment as a cabinet member she was Chief executive officer of the Swedish Free Enterprise Foundation (Swedish: Stiftelsen Fritt Näringsliv), and Director of Timbro, a neoliberal, free-market think-tank. A former journalist and editorialist, she is a member of the Moderate Party. From 2007 she is Chairman of the Advisory Board of the Permanent Platform of Atomium Culture.

Cecilia Stegö was born in Linköping in Östergötland County. She has studied political science, economics, law and language. Cecilia Stegö Chilò lives with her husband and two children in Bromma in western Stockholm.

In 1982 she was Secretary General of the European Democrat Students in Bonn and London. From 1982 to 1983 she was Vice chairperson of the Confederation of Swedish Conservative and Liberal Students. She has worked as a reporter at Norrköpings Tidningar from 1982 to 1984, secretary in the from 1984 to 1985, press secretary in the Moderate Party's parliamentary group from 1985 to 1987, speech writer for the Moderate Party leadership from 1987 to 1988 and as a reporter and editorial journalist for the newspaper Svenska Dagbladet from 1989 to 1999. From 2001 to 2002 she was a political commentator at Sveriges Radio.