Anne Wibble
Anne Marie Wibble (born Anne Ohlin on 13 October 1943 in Stockholm – 14 March 2000 in Stockholm) was a Swedish politician who served as Minister for Finance from 1991 to 1994, the first woman to hold the post.[1] She was a member of the Liberal People's Party. She was the daughter of Bertil Ohlin, a 1977 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences laureate.[2]
Anne Wibble | |
|---|---|
| Minister for Finance | |
| In office 4 October 1991 – 7 October 1994 | |
| Prime Minister | Carl Bildt |
| Preceded by | Allan Larsson |
| Succeeded by | Göran Persson |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Anne Ohlin 13 October 1943 Stockholm, Sweden |
| Died | 14 March 2000 (aged 56) Stockholm, Sweden |
| Political party | Liberal People's |
| Spouse | Jan Wibble (1966–2000) |
| Children | 2 |
Education
Wibble graduated from the Stockholm School of Economics in 1966, then studied at Stanford University where she took an M.A. degree in 1967. In 1973 she took a licentiate degree in economics at the Stockholm School of Economics, where she also was a teacher from 1967 to 1977.[1]
Political career
Wibble worked for the Liberal People's Party in the Swedish government offices and the Swedish parliament from 1980 to 1986. She was a member of parliament from the 1985 election. In the 1991 election, a centre-right coalition won and Wibble was appointed Minister of Finance in the Bildt Cabinet.[1] She stayed in office to the 1994 election, which the government lost. Wibble returned to parliament, and ran for party leader in 1995, but lost to Maria Leissner. She remained a member of parliament until the end of 1997, after which she became the chief economist of the Federation of Swedish Industry.
References
- "Vem är det: Svensk biografisk handbok 1997". runeberg.org. Vem är det (in Swedish). p. 1194. Retrieved 2022-07-15.
- Holmqvist, Anette (15 March 2000). "Anne Wibble är död" [Anne Wibble is dead]. wwwc.aftonbladet.se (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. Retrieved 8 February 2015.