Ingvar Gösta Carlsson
prime minister of Sweden
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Commission on Global Governance
- In Commission on Global Governance
…invited former Swedish prime minister Ingvar Carlsson and former secretary-general of the Commonwealth of Nations Shridath Ramphal of Guyana to cochair the commission. Together they presented the proposal for the commission to United Nations Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali, who assured them of his support for their project of reassessing multilateral action.
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history of Sweden
- In Sweden: Domestic affairs through the 1990s
He was replaced by Ingvar Carlsson, the deputy prime minister, who, although a less-dynamic figure, shared Palme’s political philosophy. Without Palme, however, Sweden’s role in the arena of international politics, where it had championed human rights and promoted peace and disarmament, diminished.
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