Bengt Holgersson Explained

Bengt Holgersson
Order:1st Governor of Skåne
Term Start:1997
Term End:2006
Appointed:Göran Persson
Predecessor:Position established
Successor:Göran Tunhammar
Birth Date:16 September 1941
Birth Place:Älghult, Sweden
Nationality:Swedish
Party:Swedish Social Democratic Party
Alma Mater:Lund University
Profession:Politician

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.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Reepalu och Holgersson åtalas för mutbrott - Olofsson för bestickning . Swedish . . 2006-04-07 . 2009-08-18 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120309140650/http://www.sydsvenskan.se/malmo/article152297/Reepalu-och-Holgersson-atalas-for-mutbrott---Olofsson-for-bestickning.html . 2012-03-09 .
  2. Web site: Reepalu freed over bribe charges . 2006-08-29 . 2009-08-18.