Staffan Burenstam Linder

Hans Martin Staffan Burenstam Linder (née Linder; 13 September 1931 – 22 July 2000) was a Swedish economist and conservative politician, who was Minister of Commerce and Industry from 1976 to 1978 and from 1979 to 1981.

He received an honorary doctorate from the Université catholique de Louvain.

In the period 1993–1995, Burenstam Linder chaired the Steering Committee of the EuroFaculty, which included the Stockholm School of Economics in Riga as he founded in 1994.

[2] Burenstam Linder had long been a key figure in the Moderate Party.

His political positions include Member of Parliament from 1969 to 1986 (representing Stockholms län), Vice Leader of the Moderate Party from 1970 to 1981, Minister of Commerce and Industry from 1976 to 1978 and from 1979 to 1981, appointed a member of the Board of Governors of the Sveriges Riksbank (Riksbanksfullmäktige) from 1991 to 1994 and member of the European Parliament from 1995 to 2000.