Minister for Government Coordination (Sweden)

Minister for Government Coordination
Sveriges samordningsminister


The Prime Minister's Office
Member of	The Government
Appointer	The Prime Minister
Term length	Serves at the pleasure of the Prime Minister
Inaugural holder	Carl Lidbom
Formation	1975
Final holder	Ibrahim Baylan
Website	www.government.se

The Minister for Government Coordination (Swedish: Samordningsminister) is a cabinet minister within the Swedish government who is appointed by the Prime Minister of Sweden.

The minister is responsible for coordinating the government and being the Prime Minister's courier to the other ministries. The last minister for Government Coordination was Ibrahim Baylan, whose term ended on 21 January 2019.

List of officeholders

Name		Term	Political Party	Other positions	Prime Minister	Government	Coalition
Minister for Government Coordination 1975–1976
	Carl Lidbom	1975	Social Democrats	Minister of Commerce and Industry	Olof Palme	Palme I	S/SAP
	Thage G. Peterson	1975–1976	Social Democrats	–	Olof Palme	Palme I	S/SAP
Position abolished between 1976 and 1978
Minister for Government Coordination 1978–1979
	Carl Tham	1978–1979	Liberal People's Party	Minister for Energy	Ola Ullsten	Ullsten	L
Position abolished between 1979 and 1994
Minister for Government Coordination 1994–1998
	Jan Nygren	1994–1996	Social Democrats	–	Ingvar Carlsson	Carlsson III	S/SAP
	Leif Pagrotsky	1996–1997	Social Democrats	–	Göran Persson	Persson	S/SAP
	Thage G. Peterson	1997–1998	Social Democrats	Minister for Industry	Göran Persson	Persson	S/SAP
Position abolished between 1998 and 2002
Minister for Government Coordination 2002–2004
	Pär Nuder	2002–2004	Social Democrats	–	Göran Persson	Persson	S/SAP
Position abolished between 2004 and 2005
Minister for Government Coordination 2005–2006
	Bosse Ringholm	2005–2006	Social Democrats	Minister for EU Affairs	Göran Persson	Persson	S/SAP
Position abolished between 2006 and 2016
Minister for Government Coordination 2016–2019
	Ibrahim Baylan	2016–2019	Social Democrats	Minister for Energy	Stefan Löfven	Löfven I	S/SAP–MP

Swedish ministries and ministerial offices

Offices
Prime Minister	Prime Minister List Deputy Prime Minister
Heads of Ministries	Culture Defence Education Employment and Integration Energy, Business and Industry Finance Foreign Affairs Social Affairs, Public Health and Sports Justice Rural Affairs
Other cabinet ministers	Climate and the Environment Consumer Affairs Democracy Digital Development EU Affairs Financial Markets Foreign Trade Gender Equality Higher Education and Research Infrastructure and Housing International Development Cooperation Migration Schools Nordic Cooperation Public Administration Social Security
Historic ministerial portfolios	Agriculture Budget Children Civil Service Affairs Commerce and Industry Economics Education and Ecclesiastical Affairs Elderly Elderly Care and Public Health Government Coordination Healthcare Home Affairs Immigration Interior Management of the Economy Municipal Affairs Naval Affairs Physical Planning and Local Government Public Health Strategic Development and Nordic Cooperation Supply Taxes Upper Secondary School and Adult Education and Training War

Ministries
Present	Prime Minister's Office Culture Defence Education and Research Employment Climate and Enterprise Finance Foreign Affairs Health and Social Affairs Rural Affairs and Infrastructure Justice
Former	Agriculture Budget Civil Service Affairs Commerce and Industry Communications Economics Industry Environment Integration and Gender Equality Housing Interior Land Defence Local Government Naval Affairs Supply Rural Affairs Infrastructure