Bertil Josef Zachrisson (born 2 May 1926) is a Swedish politician.
Zachrisson was editor of ''Svensk Veckotidning'' before serving as a
Social Democrat
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MP from 1969 until 1983. He was
Minister for Education from 1973 to 1976 and
director general
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) or general director is a senior executive officer, often the chief executive officer, within a governmen ...
(
postmaster general
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) of
Postverket, the Swedish post office, from 1982 to 1988. Zachrisson was also active in the
Religious Social Democrats of Sweden Socialdemocrats for Faith and Solidarity ( sv, Socialdemokrater för tro och solidaritet ), formerly the Swedish Association of Christian Social Democrats ( sv, Sveriges kristna socialdemokraters förbund, links=no, commonly known as ''Broderskapsr� ...
organisation.
Bertil Zachrisson.
Nationalencyklopedin. Retrieved 21 July 2017.
References
Living people
1926 births
Postmasters-General
People from Gothenburg
Swedish politicians
Swedish Ministers for Education
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