{{Short description|Swedish politician (born 1945)}} {{Infobox officeholder | image = Lars Engqvist 1992.jpg | caption = Engqvist in 1992 | office = Deputy Prime Minister of Sweden | prime_minister = Göran Persson | term_start = 1 June 2004 | term_end = 1 October 2004 | predecessor = Marita Ulvskog {{small|(acting)}} | successor = Laila Freivalds {{small|(acting)}} | office1 = Minister of Health and Social Affairs | prime_minister1 = Göran Persson | term_start1 = 16 November 1998 | term_end1 = 1 October 2004 | predecessor1 = Maj-Inger Klingvall | successor1 = Berit Andnor | office2 = Minister of the Interior | prime_minister2 = Göran Persson | term_start2 = 5 October 1998 | term_end2 = 7 October 1998 | predecessor2 = Thomas Östros | successor2 = Lars-Erik Lövdén | office3 = Minister for Housing | prime_minister3 = Göran Persson | term_start3 = 5 October 1998 | term_end3 = 7 October 1998 | predecessor3 = Position established | successor3 = Lars-Erik Lövdén | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1945|08|13|df=y}} | birth_place = Sala, Sweden | death_date = | death_place = | party = Social Democratic Party | spouse = Ingvar Wallén | alma_mater = Uppsala University | signature = Amsterdam Treaty FA Sweden.png }} '''Lars Engqvist''' (born 13 August 1945) is a Swedish politician.<ref name=ne.se>{{cite encyclopedia|title=Lars Engqvist|encyclopedia=Nationalencyklopedin |language=Swedish|url=http://www.ne.se/lars-engqvist|accessdate=9 May 2010}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Swedish Government|url=http://vipsgov.chez.com/sweden.htm|publisher=Vips-Governments|accessdate=20 December 2014}}</ref> 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,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.svd.se/a/57e57bc3-5abb-3742-9f0f-90cd78582c60/lars-engqvist-lamnar-regeringen|title=Lars Engqvist lämnar regeringen|publisher=Svenska Dagbladet|author=Lova Olsson|language=Swedish|date=1 June 2004|accessdate=18 December 2022}}</ref> 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.
==See also== *List of Jönköping Governors
== References == {{Reflist}}
{{s-start}} {{s-ppo}} {{s-bef|before=Bo Ringholm}} {{s-ttl|title=Chair of the Social Democratic Youth League|years=1972–1978}} {{s-aft|after=Jan Nygren}} |- {{s-off}} {{s-bef|before=Nils Yngvesson}} {{s-ttl|title=Mayor of Malmö|years=1990–1992}} {{s-aft|after=Joakim Ollén}} |- {{s-bef|before=Leif Blomberg}} {{s-ttl|title=Minister of Integration|years=1998}} {{s-aft|after=Ulrica Messing}} |- {{s-bef|before=Jörgen Andersson}} {{s-ttl|title=Minister of the Interior|years=1998}} {{s-aft|after=Lars-Erik Lövdén}} |- {{s-bef|before=Maj-Inger Klingvall}} {{s-ttl|title=Minister for Health and Social Affairs|years=1998–2004}} {{s-aft|after=Berit Andnor}} |- {{s-bef|before=Marita Ulvskog<br>{{small|Acting}}}} {{s-ttl|title=Deputy Prime Minister of Sweden|years=2004}} {{s-aft|after=Laila Freivalds<br>{{small|Acting}}}} |- {{s-bef|before=Birgit Friggebo}} {{s-ttl|title=Governor of Jönköping County|years=2004–2010}} {{s-aft|after=Minoo Akhtarzand}} |- {{s-media}} {{s-bef|before=Ingrid Edström}} {{s-ttl|title=Executive Director of the Swedish Film Institute|years=1994–1998}} {{s-aft|after=Hans Ottoson}} |- {{s-bef|before=Allan Larsson}} {{s-ttl|title=Chair of the Sveriges Television|years=2005–2011}} {{s-aft|after=Göran Johnsson}} {{s-end}}
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