- Andreas Carlgren
Hemming Andreas Carlgren (born 8 July, 1958,
Västra Ryd ,Uppland ), is aSwedish Centre Party politician and the current Minister for Sustainable Development.In the late 1990s Carlgren divorced, publicly declared that he was
gay , and subsequently entered into a registered partnership with his new partner. He is the first openly gay Swedish cabinet minister.citation |last=Wockner |first=Rex |authorlink=Rex Wockner |date=October 19 ,2006 |url=http://www.sfbaytimes.com/index.php?article_id=5790&sec=article |title=Sweden Gets A Gay Government Minister |periodical=San Francisco Bay Times |accessdate=2007-11-04]Minister affair
On
October 12 ,2006 Andreas Carlgren admitted to have received 130,000 kronor too much from the parliamentary income guarantee. In 1998, when Carlgren was forced to leave the parliament he received compensation despite having other sources of income, which are to be deducted from the parliamentary compensation. Carlgren claims to have rectified the mistake on his own, while others in the Centre Party claim that the minister was caught taking simultaneous payments from the parliamentary authorities and that the mistake had to be pointed out to him. [ [http://www.thelocal.se/article.php?ID=5190&date=20061012 Minister admits false income details] , The Local, October 12, 2006.]References
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