Skåne Regional Council

Skåne Regional Council

Region Skåne
CountySkåne County
SeatKristianstad
Created1999
Tax10.39% (2004)
Budget25.9 billion SEK (2005)
Employees31,950 (2004)

The Skåne Regional Council ("Region Skåne") is the County Council of Skåne County in Sweden.

Region Skåne (or formally "Skåne läns landsting") was created on Jan 1, 1999, by the amalgamation of the County councils of Malmöhus County and Kristianstad County and some of the tasks handled by Malmö Municipality.

Its county assembly is the highest political body in the region and its members are elected by the Scanians themselves, as opposed to the County Administrative Board ("länsstyrelsen") that guards the interest of the state in the region under the chairmanship of the county governor.

The regional council's main responsibility is for the public healthcare system, public transport and development within the region, which includes co-ordination of development of commerce, communication, culture and collaboration with other regions both in and outside of Sweden. This responsibility is implemented on a trial basis and extends up to and including 2010.

By devolution the newly formed regional council assumed some power from the Skåne County Administrative Board, the state authority in Skåne County.

Before Region Skåne was formed in 1999 on a trial basis, the regional development was the responsibility of a Regional Association, comprising the 33 municipalities together with the then current health services principals, namely the Kristianstad and Malmöhus county councils and the Health Services authority in the City of Malmö.Region Skåne. [http://www.skane.se/templates/Page.aspx?id=43835 Democracy-Increased autonomy] . Official site. Retrieved 24 August 2007.]

Similar provisions had also been extended to the Västra Götaland Regional Council and the Gotland Council during a trial period.

Regional council

The regional council ("regionfullmäktige" or formally "landstingsfullmäktige") meets at the Scania House ("Skånehuset") in Kristianstad. The next elections are due to be held in conjunction with the national elections, on the third Sunday of September in 2010.

The executive body of the Skåne Regional Council is the Board of Commissioners ("Regionstyrelsen"). The current board president of the Skåne Regional Council is Jerker Swanstein, of the Moderate Party.

Skåne Regional Council election, 2006
PartySeatsVotes%
Sverigedemokraterna1045,9456.6 %
Moderate Party43195,01427.9 %
Kristdemokraterna732,8784.7 %
Liberal People's Party1359,0658.5 %
Centerpartiet941,1545.9 %
Miljöpartiet de Gröna730,6704.4 %
Socialdemokratiska arbetarpartiet53240,31234.4 %
Vänsterpartiet729,3254.2 %
Others-24,1273.4 %
Total149698,490100 %
Participation-715,85977.6 %

See also

*Politics of Sweden
*Elections in Sweden

References

External links

* [http://www.skane.se/ Region Skåne] - Official site


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