Minister for Government Coordination (Sweden)

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

Minister for Government Coordination 1975–1976
Name		Term	Political Party	Other positions	Prime Minister	Government	Coalition
	Carl Lidbom	1975	Social Democrats	Minister of Commerce and Industry	Olof Palme	Palme I	S/SAP
	Thage G. Peterson	1975–1976	Social Democrats	–
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
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