Leif Blomberg (15 February 1941–2 March 1998) was a politician and the head of Swedish Metal Workers' Confederation. He was a member of the

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. He held several government posts.

Biography

Blomberg was born in

Enköping Enköping is a locality and the seat of Enköping Municipality, Uppsala County, Sweden with 30,000 inhabitants in 2018. Geography Enköping is situated near Lake Mälaren, about 78 km west of Stockholm. A comparably large number of S ...

on 15 February 1941. He was the chairman of the Swedish Metal Workers' Confederation in the period 1982–1993. Shortly after his appointment as the chairman of the confederation it abandoned the main agreements of the Swedish Trade Union allies in 1983. At the beginning the 1990s Blomberg was a member of the advisory committee on the European Community formed by the

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. In 1994 Blomberg was appointed the minister for immigration to the cabinet led by

. He was the minister for integration between 22 March 1996 and 2 March 1998 in the cabinet led by

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. He also served as the minister for consumer affairs during the same period. Blomberg was married and had three children. He died in Gothenburg on 2 March 1998 when he was in office.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Blomberg, Leif 1941 births 1998 deaths Government ministers of Sweden People from Enköping Municipality Swedish Ministers for Integration Swedish Social Democratic Party politicians