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Pär Nuder | |
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 Pär Nuder during the Nordic Council's session inStockholm in November 2004 | |
| Minister for finance | |
| In office 31 October 2004 – 6 October 2006 | |
| Prime Minister | Göran Persson |
| Preceded by | Bosse Ringholm |
| Succeeded by | Anders Borg |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Pär Anders Nuder (1963-02-27)27 February 1963 (age 62) |
| Political party | Social Democrats |
| Spouse | Ingrid Carlberg |
| Children | 2 |
Pär Anders Nuder (born 27 February 1963) is aSwedishSocial Democratic former politician. He was member of Parliament 1994 to 2009,minister for finance from 2004 to 2006, minister for policy co-ordination and state secretary and chief of staff to the prime minister,Göran Persson, 1997–2002.
Today, Pär Nuder is a businessman with several assignments in the private sector as an advisor and as a board member. He is also active in various non-profit organisation.[when?] Nuder is the chairman of the Third Swedish National Pension Fund (AP3),[1] one of Sweden's leading pension companies AMF[2] and Hemsö,[citation needed] and on the board of several Nordic companies. He is a senior counselor atAlbright Stonebridge Group[3] and an industrial advisor to theprivate-equity firmEQT AB.[4]
Pär Nuder grew up inÖsteråker, where he still resides. His father, Ants Nuder, was one of the numerousEstonian refugees who fled to Sweden to escape theSoviet invasion at the end ofWorld War II. During his childhood, Nuder spent several summers inIsrael, which has resulted in a strong personal commitment to theMiddle East peace process. Educated atStockholm University, he has aBachelor of Laws degree.
His political path began in the localSwedish Social Democratic Youth League club. From 1986 to 1989, he was the chairman of theStockholm County branch of the organisation and from 1987 to 1990 he was a member of the national board. At the same time he was a member of the Österåker municipal executive committee, from 1982 to 1994. In 1986, he started his career as a political adviser, first to the minister for justice (before being forced to resign in October 1987 as a result of the political fallout of the Soviet spyStig Bergling's escape from custody) and later to theprime minister, first toIngvar Carlsson, and to his successor,Göran Persson. For a few years he also worked as a political secretary to the Social Democratic parliamentary party group. In 1994, he was elected a member of parliament.
In 1997, he was offered the position of state secretary in the prime minister's office. Although he was more or less unknown to the general public at the time, he was generally believed to be Persson's close ally and one of his personal favourites to succeed him as party leader and prime minister. This impression was strengthened by Persson's move to let Nuder join his cabinet as minister for policy co-ordination in 2002, an influential behind-the-scenes post. WhenMarita Ulvskog stepped down as minister for culture in September 2004, he took over the portfolio, although it was explicitly stated that this was not a long-term solution. The prime minister's intentions instead became public on 21 October 2004, when Persson announced a restructuring of his government in which Nuder was to take over as minister of finance afterBosse Ringholm.
Responding to media questions on whether his plan was to be the next prime minister, he simply answered that he did not "think about it" and was concentrating on his tasks as minister of finance. He also restated the government's goal to reduce the rate of open unemployment below four percent again.
During a speech in December 2004, he introduced the controversial termköttberg (mountain of meat) to describe thebaby boomer generation (born in the 1940s). This speech addressed the potentialpension bomb Sweden is facing.
During early 2008, he lost his position as Social Democratic candidate for finance minister due to quarrels with party leaderMona Sahlin. Nuder himself said, "If [Mona Sahlin] believes there is another person better suited to speak for the economic policy of Social Democracy in Sweden, then I won't hesitate to step aside for that person." He was succeeded as economic advisor for the Social Democratic party and its candidate for finance minister for the election in 2010 byThomas Östros, earlierminister of education.
After holding central political positions for more than two decades, Nuder left politics in 2009. Since then, he has held various positions on different boards. Notably, Nuder has been the chairman of The Third National Pension Fund (AP3), AMF Pension, and Hemsö AB. Nuder has also been an advisor to the private equity firm EQT and member of the President's Advisory Council, Tokyo University.
Currently Nuder is a senior counselor of the strategy firm Albright Stonebridge Group, advising clients on financial trends and providing strategic advice to clients seeking to enter the European market. He is also chairman of the board of Aimo Holding AB, and of the non-profit foundation Sweden-Estonia Cooperation Fund.
Nuder was a columnist at the business newspaperDagens industri for seven years and has written an autobiography calledStolt men inte nöjd: en kärleksförklaring till politiken.[citation needed]
Pär Nuder has been awarded H.M. The King's Medal 12th size with the ribbon of the Order of the Seraphim and The Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana, 3rd Class, Estonia.
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| Preceded by | Minister for Finance 2004–2006 | Succeeded by |
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