Marianne Samuelsson

Marianne Samuelsson
35th Governor of Gotland
In office 2004–2009
Appointed by	Cabinet of Göran Persson
Preceded by	Lillemor Arvidsson
Succeeded by	Cecilia Schelin Seidegård
Personal details
Born	(1945-12-09) 9 December 1945 Alingsås, Sweden
Political party	Green Party (Sweden)
Residence	Visby, Sweden
Profession	Politician
Website	http://www.lansstyrelsen.se/gotland/

Marianne Samuelsson (born 9 December 1945) is a Swedish politician (Green Party) and was the governor of Gotland County until having to resign four months early, on 4 August 2009. She was previously a member of the Riksdag for the Green Party from 1988 to 1991, and from 1994 to 2002. She was spokesperson for the Green Party, together with Birger Schlaug, from 1992 to 1999.

The background to resigning the position of governor was that someone on her staff secretly recorded a discussion in which Samuelsson stated that Gotland County should provide special consideration for a "distinguished" industry leader who wanted to build a house close to the sea. This recording was handed over to the local radio station, which made it public. A media storm ensued, and Samuelsson eventually had to resign, in acknowledgement of several mistakes she made in handling the scandal - notably, in stating that her only mistake was to have said what she did so as it could be recorded.

External links

• Marianne Samuelsson at the Riksdag website (in Swedish)