Marianne Samuelsson

Marianne Samuelsson
38th Governor of Gotland
In office 2004–2009
Appointed by	Cabinet of Göran Persson
Preceded by	Lillemor Arvidsson
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Born	December 9, 1945 ( 1945-12-09) (age 65) Alingsås, Sweden
Nationality	Swedish
Political party	Green Party (Sweden)
Residence	Visby, Sweden
Profession	Politician
Website	http://www.lansstyrelsen.se/gotland/

Marianne Samuelsson, born December 9, 1945 in Alingsås, is a Swedish politician (Green Party) and has been the Governor of Gotland County.

She had to leave the post as Governor in the 4th of August 2009. The background was that a person in her staff secretly recorded a discussion, where Samuelsson stated that the Gotland County should take into special consideration if a distinguished industry leader wanted to build a house close to the sea. This recording was handed over to the local radio station which made it public. In the big media storm that followed, Samuelsson eventually had to resign, probably because of several mistakes she made in handling the scandal. One of them was to state that her only mistake was to say it so it could be recorded.

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Name	Samuelsson, Marianne
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Date of birth	December 9, 1945
Place of birth	Alingsås, Sweden
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