| Office | Minister for Finance |
|---|---|
| Term start | 4 October 1991 |
| Term end | 7 October 1994 |
| Prime minister | Carl Bildt |
| Predecessor | Allan Larsson |
| Successor | Göran Persson |
| Birth name | Anne Ohlin |
| Birth date | 13 October 1943 |
| Birth place | Stockholm, Sweden |
| Death date | 14 March 2000 (aged 56) |
| Death place | Stockholm, Sweden |
| Party | Liberal People's |
| Spouse | Jan Wibble (1966–2000) |
Anne Marie Wibble (née Ohlin; 13 October 1943 – 14 March 2000) was a Swedish politician who served as Minister for Finance from 1991 to 1994, the first woman to hold the post. She was a member of the Liberal People's Party. After leaving parliament in 1997, she as chief economist for the Federation of Swedish Industry. Wibble was the daughter of Bertil Ohlin, a 1977 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences laureate.
Early life and education
Wibble was born on 13 October 1943 . Her father was Bertil Ohlin, professor, former People's Party leader, and a 1977 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences laureate.[1]
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.[2]
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.[2] She was the first woman to hold the post.[3][2] 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.[3]
She died from breast cancer in 2000 in Stockholm.[1][3] Wibble was married with two daughters.[1]
References
- ^ Holmqvist, Anette (15 March 2000). "Anne Wibble är död" (in Swedish). wwwc.aftonbladet.se. Aftonbladet. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
- ^ "Vem är det: Svensk biografisk handbok 1997" (in Swedish). runeberg.org. Vem är det. p. 1194. Retrieved 2022-07-15.
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