Anders Björck

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name =Anders Björck


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birth_date =birth date and age|1944|9|19
birth_place = Nässjö, Jönköping County
residence =Uppsala Castle
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office = Minister for Defence
term_start =1991
term_end =1994
predecessor = Roine Carlsson
successor = Thage G. Peterson
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office2 = Vice Speaker of the Riksdag
term_start2 = 1994
term_end2 = 2002
predecessor2 =Stig Alemyr
successor2 =Per Westerberg
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office3 =Governor of Uppsala County
term_start3 =2003
term_end3 =incumbent
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party = Moderate Party
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Anders Per - Arne Björck (born September 19, 1944) is a Swedish politician and the current Governor of Uppsala County.

Björck was born in Nässjö and was interested in politics from an early stage. He was national chairman of the Moderate Youth League, or the "Right Wing Youth League" ("Högerns ungdomsförbund") as it was known at the time of his election. He was the first truly young - only 21 - chairman of the Youth League - his predecessor was 35 years old.

In 1968 - aged only 22 - he was elected to the Riksdag for the Rightist Party ("Högerpartiet") which became the Moderate Party in 1969.

In 1989 he was elected president of the Council of Europe and served until 1991, when the Moderate Party won the election and Carl Bildt was allowed to form a government. He was appointed Minister for Defence. When the Moderates lost the 1994 election he became vice speaker of the Riksdag, a position he held until 2002.

Björck was known to belong to the so-called "Bunker gang" - a group of politicians and advisors forming the inner circle around party leader Carl Bildt.

In 2003 he was appointed Governor of Uppsala County and took up residence in Uppsala Castle. He was involved in a brawl with the police on New Year's Eve in 2004.

Anders Björck has continued to speak up on political issues from time to time. He remains rather Conservative, compared to other Moderates, and has on numerous occasions spoken up against what he perceives as the growing influence of liberalism in the Moderate Party.