Per Westerberg

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name =Per Westerberg
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office = Minister for Industry and Trade
term_start =1991
term_end =1994
predecessor = Rune Molin
successor = Sten Heckscher
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term_start2 =2006
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party = Moderate Party
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Per Erik Gunnar Westerberg (born 2 August, 1951) is a Swedish Moderate Party politician and as of 2006 the current Speaker of the Riksdag.

Westerberg was born in Nyköping and graduated from Stockholm School of Economics in 1974. His family has been running a family business for generations and he is now the richest member of the Riksdag, with a personal wealth exceeding 200 million SEK, (around $30 million 2006). His brother, Lars Westerberg, is CEO of Autoliv.

Per Westerberg has been active within Moderate politics since the election campaign in 1966, when he joined the Moderate Youth League. In 1979, he was elected to the Riksdag for his home county of Södermanland; he is currently the longest serving member of the Riksdag. During the Moderate-led government 1991-1994, Westerberg served as Minister for Industry and Trade. In 2003 he was elected as one of the three Vice Speakers of the Riksdag, and on October 2 2006 he was elected as Speaker of the Riksdag.

Per Westerberg and his family continue to make their home in Nyköping and he continues to serve on the Board of the Moderate Party and as chairman of the Moderate Party in Södermanland.

External links

* [http://perwesterberg.moderat.se/ Per Westerberg] on the Moderate Party website
* [http://www.riksdagen.se/templates/R_Page____11225.aspx Per Westerberg] on the Riksdag website

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SHORT DESCRIPTION=Swedish Moderate Party politician and as of 2006 the current Speaker of the Riksdag.
DATE OF BIRTH=2 August, 1951
PLACE OF BIRTH=Nyköping
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