Hadar Cars

Hadar Cars
Hadar Cars in 2018
Minister of Commerce and Industry
In office
18 October 1978 – 12 October 1979
Prime MinisterOla Ullsten
Preceded byStaffan Burenstam Linder
Succeeded byStaffan Burenstam Linder
Personal details
Born (1933-06-13) 13 June 1933 (age 91)
Stockholm, Sweden
Political partyLiberals

Hadar Cars (born 13 June 1933) is a Swedish liberal politician who served as the minister of commerce and industry between 1978 and 1979. He also served in the Swedish Parliament and European Parliament.

Biography

Cars was born in Stockholm on 13 June 1933.[1] He headed the Nordic Liberal Student Council.[2] Cars is a member of the Liberals.[1] He was appointed minister of commerce and industry in October 1978 to the cabinet led by Prime Minister Ola Ullsten.[2] Cars replaced Staffan Burenstam Linder in the post.[3] Cars's tenure ended in October 1979,[2] and he was succeeded by Staffan Burenstam Linder as the minister of commerce and industry.[3]

Cars served at the Parliament between 1985 and 1995.[4][5] During his term at the Parliament he was the chairman of the international committee of the Liberals.[6] Cars was elected to the European Parliament in 1995 and served there as part of the European Liberal, Democrat and Reform Party until 1999.[1]

Works and awards

Cars is the author of various articles and books which are concerned with the energy, finance policy and the European Union.[7] He received the ribbon of the Order of the Seraphim in 1999.[8]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Hadar Cars. 4th parliamentary term". European Parliament. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
  2. ^ a b c Tor Sellström (1999). Sweden and National Liberation in Southern Africa: Formation of a popular opinion (1950-1970). Vol. 1. Uppsala: Nordiska Afrikainstitutet. pp. 266, 478. ISBN 978-91-7106-430-1.
  3. ^ a b "Svenska regeringar 1970-2010 – genusdelning av statsrådsposter" (PDF). diva-portal.se (in Swedish). pp. 28–29. Retrieved 28 April 2024.
  4. ^ James M. Jasper (2014). Nuclear Politics: Energy and the State in the United States, Sweden, and France. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. p. 279. ISBN 978-1-4008-6143-9.
  5. ^ "Hadar Cars (FP)" (in Swedish). Swedish Parliament. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
  6. ^ Pat Sidley (2 September 1985). "Liberal delegation can't see Mandela". Mail & Guardian. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
  7. ^ "Cars, Hadar 1933-". WorldCat Identities. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
  8. ^ "Hadar Cars" (in Swedish). Kungahuset. Retrieved 31 July 2022.