Hadar Cars (born 13 June 1933) is a Swedish liberal politician who served as the minister of commerce and industry between 1978 and 1979. He also served in the

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and

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Biography

Cars was born in Stockholm on 13 June 1933. He headed the Nordic Liberal Student Council. Cars is a member of the Liberals. He was appointed minister of commerce and industry in October 1978 to the

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led by

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Ola Ullsten Stig Kjell Olof "Ola" Ullsten (23 June 1931 – 28 May 2018) was a Swedish politician and diplomat who was Prime Minister of Sweden from 1978 to 1979 and leader of the Liberal People's Party from 1978 to 1983. He also served as Deputy Prime ...

. His tenure ended in October 1979. Cars served at the Parliament between 1985 and 1995. During his term at the Parliament he was the chairman of the international committee of the Liberals. Cars was elected to the European Parliament in 1995 and served there as part of the

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until 1999.

Works and awards

Cars is the author of various articles and books which are concerned with the energy, finance policy and the European Union. He received the ribbon of the

Order of the Seraphim The Royal Order of the Seraphim ( sv, Kungliga Serafimerorden; ''Seraphim'' being a category of angels) is a Swedish order of chivalry created by King Frederick I on 23 February 1748, together with the Order of the Sword and the Order of the P ...

in 1999.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Cars, Hadar 20th-century Swedish writers 21st-century Swedish writers 1933 births Members of the Riksdag from the Liberals (Sweden) Living people Swedish Ministers for Trade Liberals (Sweden) MEPs Politicians from Stockholm MEPs for Sweden 1995–1999 Members of the Riksdag 1985–1988 Members of the Riksdag 1988–1991 Members of the Riksdag 1991–1994