Bo Lundgren
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Bo Lundgren |
Bo Axel Magnus Lundgren (born
July 11,
1947) is a
Swedish politician. He is the former leader of the
Moderate Party.
Lundgren was born in
Kristianstad in
Skåne. Between
1991 and
1994, he served as Deputy Minister of Finance with special responsibility for taxation. He was also Minister for Sport.
He was elected party leader by the
1999 party congress, succeeding
Carl Bildt, but resigned only four years later, following poor results in the
Swedish parliamentary election, 2002. He was generally considered as a politician with a little too much emphasis on budget numbers and specific tax cuts, which might have contributed to the partys low vote fall-out that year. He was criticised for promising to cut taxes by 130
billion SEK.
Göran Persson caused much problems to Lundgren during the campaign by repeating "130 billion" in the debates.
Bo Lundgren was succeeded by
Fredrik Reinfeldt. He is still respected among Moderates for his principled stand on issues as a leader, especially since Fredrik Reinfeldt has been pursuing more
centrist policies.
