Per Unckel

Per Unckel was born in 1948 and was elected to the Swedish Parliament in 1976. He was appointed secretary of the Moderate Party in 1976, a post he held until 1991 when he was appointed Minister for Education in the Carl Bildt government. From 1994 until 1998, Unckel was party spokesperson on labour market issues, and in 1998 he became chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on the Constitution. In 1999, he was elected leader of the Moderate parliamentary party. Per Unckel was Secretary General of the Nordic Council of Ministers and based at the Secretariat in Copenhagen until 2007. At present, Per Unckel is the County Administrative Board of Stockholm.