Carl Axel Petri, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Swedish politician
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Place of Birth: Ronneby, Blekinge County, Sweden
About Carl Axel Petri
- Carl Axel Petri (12 August 1929 – 3 December 2017) was a Swedish politician and judge. He was born at Djupadals House in 1929.
- Petri studied law and assumed the chief judgeship in the Administrative Court of Appeal in Jönköping in 1976, then stepped down to become chief justice on the Göta Court of Appeal in 1987, on which he served until 1996.
- Petri was a cabinet member under prime minister Thorbjörn Fälldin from 1979 to 1982, leading the Ministry of Energy until 1981, when he was named Minister for Justice.
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