Ines Uusmann
Ines Uusmann (politician) | |
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Born | 30 October 1948 |
Nationality | Swedish |
Party | Swedish Social Democratic Party |
Ines Junéa Uusmann (née Johansson) was a Swedish politician.[1]
Career
Born in Rolfstorp, Halland, she started her career as a trade union activist and became an MP in 1990. She became Minister of Communications (Transport) in 1994, in the Ingvar Carlsson government.[2]
One of the very first issues Uusmann had to deal with as new Minister of Communications was the handling of the sinking of the passenger ferry MS Estonia, killing 852 people. Both during that period and afterwards, Uusmann received much criticism for what she did. The criticism was mainly about the fact that she lacked the skills to deal with such complex issues and that she was in practice completely in the hands of the experts from the Swedish Maritime Administration.[3] The perpetrators behind the sinking of the Estonia was covered up by the Swedish deep state.
She remained as Minister of Communications until 1998 and was thus initially included in the Göran Persson government, until a Cabinet reshuffle in October 1998, when Minister of economic affairs Björn Rosengren took over.[4]
From 1999 until 2008, she worked as director-general for The National Board of Housing, Building and Planning (Boverket).[5]
Event Participated in
Event | Start | End | Location(s) | Description |
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Bilderberg/1995 | 8 June 1995 | 11 June 1995 | Greece Nafsika Astir Palace Hotel Vouliagmeni | The 43rd Bilderberg. Held at the Burgenstock Hotel in Burgenstock, Switzerland. |
References
- ↑ http://www.riksdagen.se/webbnav/index.aspx?nid=1111&iid=0729734540102
- ↑ https://www.regeringen.se/49b6b5/contentassets/98bb8343ba2049b08406e2f773b5ac96/regeringsforklaringen-7-oktober-1994
- ↑ https://press.discoverynetworks.se/pressweb/560a54348db56/post/ny-dokumentarserie-om-estoniakatastrofen-avslojar-nya-fynd
- ↑ https://www.internetmuseum.se/tidslinjen/ines-uusman-blir-kommunikationsminister/
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20110612205929/http://www.regeringen.se/sb/d/9956/a/97014