Cecilia Schelin Seidegård
| Cecilia Schelin Seidegård | |
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Schelin Seidegård opens Årets kultur during the Almedalen Week in 2014
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| 36th Governor of Gotland | |
| Assumed office 1 January 2010 |
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| Appointed by | Cabinet of Fredrik Reinfeldt |
| Prime Minister | Fredrik Reinfeldt |
| Preceded by | Marianne Samuelsson |
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| Born | Irene Cecilia Schelin May 18, 1954 Stockholm, Sweden |
| Spouse(s) | Janeric Seidegård |
| Profession | Biochemist |
Cecilia Schelin Seidegård (born 18 May 1954, in Stockholm as Irene Cecilia Schelin), is a Swedish biochemist and since 1 January 2010, Governor of Gotland County.[1]
Seidegård grew up in Visby. In her youth she was active in the Free Students, a political party of a student's union. For 1981–82, she was vice-chairman of the Swedish National Union of Students.
She obtained a Ph.D. in biochemistry, and then worked in the pharmaceutical industry, particularly in the Astra Group, where she was director of research at AstraZeneca.[2] In 2003–2004, she was CEO of Huddinge University Hospital AB, and in 2004–2007 she was Director of the merged Karolinska University Hospital.[3][4] Since 2004 she has been Chairman of the Board of the Royal Institute of Technology. Since 2008, she has also been chairman of the Systembolaget. She was elected in 2007 as a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences.
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| Preceded by | Governor of Gotland 2010– |
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