Ulf Adolf Roger Dinkelspiel (born July 4, 1939) is a Swedish

Sweden

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 Moderate Party

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 politician

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 and a graduate of the Stockholm School of Economics

Stockholm School of Economics

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. His father was a wealthy businessman of Austria

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n Jewish descent. In the government of Prime Minister of Sweden

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 Carl Bildt

Carl Bildt

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, Dinkelspiel served as a Deputy Minister in the Ministry for Foreign Affairs

Ministry for Foreign Affairs (Sweden)

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 with responsibility for European Affairs and Foreign Trade. He was a central figure in the negotiations for Swedish EU membership.

Dinkelspiel is known as an advocate for European integration

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. Since the campaign for Sweden joining the Euro

Euro

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, he serves as chairman of the organization Sweden in Europe

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His son, Jan, appeared on the Swedish reality television program Expedition Robinson

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, finishing second place.