Special Representative and Coordinator of the Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina[1]
In office 16 January 1998 – 15 July 1999
Secretary-General
Kofi Annan
Preceded by
Kai Eide[2]
Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the former Yugoslavia[1]
In office 27 September 1995 – 15 January 1998
Secretary-General
Kofi Annan
Preceded by
Tadeusz Mazowiecki[3]
Succeeded by
Jiří Dienstbier[4]
Member of the European Parliament[5]
In office 1 January 1995 – 10 November 1996
Preceded by
Position established
Minister of Defence of Finland[6]
In office 13 June 1990 – 1 January 1995
Prime Minister
Harri Holkeri Esko Aho
Preceded by
Ole Norrback
Succeeded by
Jan-Erik Enestam
Member of the parliament of Finland for Uusimaa[7]
In office 24 March 1979 – 23 March 1995
1987–1990
Parliamentary leader of the Swedish People's Party
Personal details
Born
Märta Elisabeth Carlberg
(1935-04-06) 6 April 1935 (age 89) Helsinki, Finland
Political party
Swedish People's Party
Spouse
Ove Rehn
(m. 1955; died 2004)
Children
4, including Veronica Rehn-Kivi
Occupation
Politician
diplomat
Märta Elisabeth RehnVR 1 (née Carlberg; born 6 April 1935) is a Finnish former politician and diplomat. She served as the Minister of Defence of Finland during 1990 to 1995 and as an Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations during 1998 to 1999.[8] She was also a member of the Finnish Parliament and parliamentary leader of the Swedish People's Party of Finland, and a member of the European Parliament.
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^"Women in High Places Defense Minister: Finland's 44-Year-Old Anneli Taina Oversees Huge Modernization Drive". The Baltimore Sun. 15 April 1996. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
Märta ElisabethRehn VR 1 (née Carlberg; born 6 April 1935) is a Finnish former politician and diplomat. She served as the Minister of Defence of Finland...
solely and directly elected by a popular vote. Martti Ahtisaari defeated ElisabethRehn in the second round. Voter turnout was 78.4% in the first round and...
Rehn is a Scandinavian and German surname, also used in Finland. As of 2014, 32.3% of all known bearers of the surname Rehn were residents of Germany...
presidential candidates in 2000: Riitta Uosukainen of the National Coalition, ElisabethRehn of the Swedish People's Party, and Heidi Hautala of the Greens. Halonen's...
its DX fighter competition. Vallas, Hasse (1993), "ElisabethRehn ratkaisee voittajan" [ElisabethRehn decides the winner], Siivet (Nattari) (in Finnish)...
Prime Minister of Finland (2019) and Minister of Finance (2014–2015). ElisabethRehn (SFP), Minister of Defence of Finland (1990–1995). Suldaan Said Ahmed...
(born 1955), actress, model, Miss Suomi 1975 and Miss Universe 1975 ElisabethRehn (born 1935), politician Einojuhani Rautavaara (1928–2016), composer...
Minister of Interior – Kaisa Raatikainen – 1984 Defence minister – ElisabethRehn – 1990 Minister of Environmental Affairs – Sirpa Pietikäinen – 1991...
svijeta u Mostaru) is a part of the United World College, founded by ElisabethRehn (UN Special Rapporteur on the Secretary General for the United Nations...
at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: "Kim Han-sol interviewed by ElisabethRehn (1/2)". YouTube. Retrieved 19 October 2012. "The Royal House - The Prince...
neutral Finland with an exile base in Stockholm. Finnish Defence Minister ElisabethRehn called the revelations "a fairy tale", adding cautiously "or at least...
Nicaragua North America 25 April 1990 10 January 1997 6 years, 260 days ElisabethRehn Finland Europe 13 June 1990 1 January 1995 4 years, 202 days Khaleda...
Kristian Relander – president of Finland 1925–1931 (1883–1942) ElisabethRehn – politician Olli Rehn – commissioner and vice-president of the European Commission...
renewed powerful Russia." In response to this, Finnish defense minister ElisabethRehn responded to this by saying, "Zhirinovsky is regarded in Finland as...
Suire Fanni Luukkonen Walter Nowotny Friedrich Paulus Georg Radziej ElisabethRehn Herbert Rieckhoff August Schmidt Hubert Schmundt Ferdinand Schörner...
of October. Ahtisaari narrowly won over his second round opponent, ElisabethRehn of the Swedish People's Party. During the campaign, there were rumours...
Michnik Oleg Panfilov Tom Stoppard Bernard-Henri Lévy Natasha Kandic ElisabethRehn Zbigniew Brzezinski Mariane Pearl Azar Nafisi Asma Jahangir Carl Gershman...
(1 Mar 1990–26 Apr 1991) 422 Social Democratic Party Harri Holkeri ElisabethRehn Minister of Defence (13 Jun 1990–26 Apr 1991) (26 Apr 1991–1 Jan 1995)...
veterans. The former Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations ElisabethRehn acted as patroness for the conference. There, the long-standing silence...
member of the European Parliament Mikael Lilius – Former CEO of Fortum ElisabethRehn – Former MP of the Swedish People's Party and the first woman as the...
and it was noted in the report by United Nations Special Rapporteur ElisabethRehn that in a particular case they were both retired police officers and...
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