Bengt Holgersson

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Bengt Holgersson
1st Governor of Skåne
In office
1997–2006
Appointed byGöran Persson
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byGöran Tunhammar
Personal details
Born (1941-09-16) September 16, 1941 (age 82)
Älghult, Sweden
Political partySwedish Social Democratic Party
Alma materLund University
ProfessionPolitician

Bengt Holgersson (born September 16, 1941) was the first Governor of Skåne County after a merger of Malmöhus County and Kristianstad County in 1997. Holgersson was involved in a corruption scandal in April 2006.[1] Both Holgersson and municipal commissioner Ilmar Reepalu were tried for corruption regarding a trip to South Africa which they had accepted from Sigma AB. In the end Both Holgersson and Reepalu were acquitted.[2] In 2006 he was succeeded by Göran Tunhammar as Governor of Skåne.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Reepalu och Holgersson åtalas för mutbrott - Olofsson för bestickning" (in Swedish). Sydsvenskan. 7 April 2006. Archived from the original on 9 March 2012. Retrieved 18 August 2009.
  2. ^ "Reepalu freed over bribe charges". 29 August 2006. Retrieved 18 August 2009.