Bo Könberg

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Bo Könberg

Bo Göran Könberg (born October 14, 1945 in Stockholm) was a Swedish Liberal People’s Party politician and was a member of the Riksdag 1995-2005. In his political career Könberg has held many positions, among them:

• Chairman of the Board of the Swedish Pensions Agency, 2010-2015

• Governor (Swedish: landshövding) of Södermanland County, south of Stockholm, 2006 – 2012

• Head of the Liberal People’s Party Group in Parliament (Riksdagen) 1998 – 2005

• Member of the Parliament 1994 – 2005

• Minister for Health Care and Social Security 1991 – 1994 (Swedish: Socialdepartementet) in the Bildt Cabinet, in which he was in charge of a major pension reform in 1994, the first “Non-financial” or Notional Defined Contribution (NDC) pension system decided by a Parliament.

• Head of the Liberal People’s Party Group (Folkpartiet) in Stockholm County Council 1982 – 1991.

• County Council Commissioner for Health and Social Affairs, Stockholm County Council for two periods: 1978 – 1982 and 1985 – 1991.

• Bo Könberg was Chairman of the Program Committee for the Swedish Liberal People’s Party, which in 1997 introduced the platform of the Party up to 2013.

• The Nordic Council of Ministers asked Bo Könberg to write an independent report on how the Nordic cooperation in the health field can be developed in the next 5-10 years. The report was delivered in the summer of 2014.