Lars Engqvist

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Template:Short description Template:Infobox politician Lars Engqvist (born 13 August 1945) is a Swedish politician.[1] 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.[2] 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 1 June 2004, he was appointed deputy Prime Minister of the Swedish government. The appointment was mainly to make him the acting prime minister under Göran Persson, when the latter received knee surgery in early June. The appointment would not affect his status as the Minister of Health and Social Affairs. However, at the same time it was also announced that Engqvist would step down from his government posts on 1 October,[3] to become the new Governor of Jönköping County.

In April 2005, he was appointed 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.

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Party political offices
Preceded byTemplate:S-bef/check Chair of the Social Democratic Youth League
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Political offices
Preceded byTemplate:S-bef/check Mayor of Malmö
1990–1992 Template:S-ttl/check
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Preceded byTemplate:S-bef/check Minister of Integration
1998 Template:S-ttl/check
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Preceded byTemplate:S-bef/check Minister of the Interior
1998 Template:S-ttl/check
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Preceded byTemplate:S-bef/check Minister for Health and Social Affairs
1998–2004 Template:S-ttl/check
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Preceded byTemplate:S-bef/check Deputy Prime Minister of Sweden
2004 Template:S-ttl/check
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Preceded byTemplate:S-bef/check Governor of Jönköping County
2004–2010 Template:S-ttl/check
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Media offices
Preceded byTemplate:S-bef/check Executive Director of the Swedish Film Institute
1994–1998 Template:S-ttl/check
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Preceded byTemplate:S-bef/check Chair of the Sveriges Television
2005–2011 Template:S-ttl/check
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