Minister for the Budget

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Minister for the Budget of Sweden
Budgetminister
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Lesser coat of arms of Sweden
Ministry of the Budget
AppointerThe Prime Minister
Term length No fixed term
Serves as long as the Prime Minister sees fit
Formation25 November 1976
First holder Ingemar Mundebo
Final holder Kjell-Olof Feldt
Abolished31 December 1982

The Minister for the Budget [1] (Swedish : Budgetminister) was a member of the government of Sweden. The minister for the budget was the head of the Ministry of the Budget from 1976 to 1982 which was primarily responsible for budget regulation as well as the general administration and accounting of state funds, the state and municipal tax system. State land and buildings, alcoholic beverages, resident registration, press support and information, personnel administrative planning, personnel health care, etc. within the state's area of responsibility, administrative democracy, etc. and training of government employees.

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History

The post of minister for the budget was created after the 1976 general election when the Ministry of Finance was split into two; the Ministry of the Budget and the Ministry of Economics. The Ministry of the Budget would primarily work with taxes. Ingemar Mundebo of the Liberal People's Party became the first minister for the budget in Thorbjörn Fälldin's First Cabinet and he was given the task of handling taxes and salaries, while Gösta Bohman of the Moderate Party was appointed minister of economics with handling the long-term economic policy etc. [2] The cabinet resigned on 18 October 1978 following discord in the area involving nuclear power. The cabinet was succeeded by Ola Ullsten's First Cabinet. Ingemar Mundebo became minister for the budget and minister of economics. [3]

The cabinet resigned on 12 October 1979 following the 1979 general election to make way for a coalition majority government led by Thorbjörn Fälldin. The cabinet was succeeded by Thorbjörn Fälldin's Second Cabinet where Ingemar Mundebo again became minister for the budget. The division of duties between and minister for of budget Ingemar Mundebo and the minister of economics Gösta Bohman was the same as in the previous three-party government. [4] In 1980, Mundebo chose to resign and at the end of June of the same year, Rolf Wirtén was appointed as minister for the budget. [5]

The 1982 general election saw the return of the Swedish Social Democratic Party to power after six years in opposition. Kjell-Olof Feldt was appointed minister for the budget and of economics in Palme's Second Cabinet. The Ministry of Finance was re-established on 1 January 1983 and thus the Ministry of the Budget and the post of minister for the budget where abolished. [6]

List of officeholders

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  Independent
Historical parties:   Lantmanna   Moderate   National Party   Liberals   Liberals   Liberals   Liberals
Present parties:   Social Democrats   Moderate   Centre   Left   Liberals   Christian Democrats   Green   Sweden Democrats

1976–1982

PortraitMinister
(Born-Died)		TermPolitical PartyCoalitionCabinet
Took officeLeft officeDuration
 
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Ingemar Mundebo
(1930–2018)		25 November 197631 July 19803 years, 249 days Liberals C–M–L Fälldin I
Ullsten
Fälldin II
 
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Rolf Wirtén
(1931–2023)		1 August 19808 October 19822 years, 68 days Liberals C–M–L Fälldin II
Fälldin III
 
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Kjell-Olof Feldt
(born 1931)		8 October 198231 December 198284 days Social Democrats – Palme II

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References

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  2. ↑ "Bohman leder delat finansdepartement" [Bohman leads a divided finance ministry]. Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). No. 274. 8 October 1976. p. 1. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
  3. ↑ "Ullsten lovar sänka skatten, höja bidragen" [Ullsten promises to lower taxes, increase subsidies]. Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). No. 283. 19 October 1978. p. 1. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
  4. ↑ Crona, Elisabeth; Kjellander, Claes-Göran; Petzell, Sophie (12 October 1979). "Statsrådsposterna klara: Problem för c in i det sista" [The cabinet minister positions ready: Problems for the Centre Party to the end]. Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). No. 277. p. 5. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
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  6. ↑ Johansson, Kerstin, ed. (24 December 1982). "På nya poster i nya departementen" [New posts in new ministries]. Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). No. 349. p. 11. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
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