Göran Lambertz

Lars Göran Tomas Lambertz (born 17 February 1950) is the current Chancellor of Justice ( _sv. justitiekansler) in Sweden.

Biography

Lambertz was born in Kisa in Östergötland County. He received a Candidate of Law ( _sv. juris kandidat) from Uppsala University in 1976. He became an Assessor at the Svea Court of Appeal ( _sv. Svea hovrätt) and was employed at the Swedish Ministry of Justice the same year. In 1994 Lambertz was appointed as Assistant Undersecretary ( _sv. departementsråd) and in 1997 as Chief of Justice ( _sv. rättschef) at the Ministry of Justice. He was appointed as Chancellor of Justice on October 1, 2001.

Lambertz has been married with Susanne Lambertz, who works as a microbiologist, since 1975. The wedding, that was small scale, took place in Paris.cite web
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Issues and controversies

Göran Lambertz has received much attention in Swedish media. No chancellor of justice before him has been so well known to the people.cite web
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accessdate = 2006-12-20] This has also resulted in much critisicm against him. He has often been accused of being populistic.

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