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Jan Eliasson
Eliasson in 2010
4th Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations
In office 1 July 2012 – 31 December 2016
Secretary-General
Ban Ki-moon
Preceded by
Asha-Rose Migiro
Succeeded by
Amina Mohammed
Minister for Foreign Affairs
In office 24 April 2006 – 6 October 2006
Prime Minister
Göran Persson
Preceded by
Laila Freivalds
Succeeded by
Carl Bildt
60th President of the United Nations General Assembly
In office 13 September 2005 – 11 September 2006
Preceded by
Jean Ping
Succeeded by
Haya Rashed Al-Khalifa
Swedish Ambassador to the United States
In office 2000–2005
Preceded by
Rolf Ekéus
Succeeded by
Gunnar Lund
State Secretary for Foreign Affairs
In office 1994–1999
Preceded by
Lars-Åke Nilsson
Succeeded by
Hans Dahlgren
1st Under Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator
In office 1992–1994
Succeeded by
Peter Hansen
Swedish Ambassador to the United Nations
In office 1988–1992
Preceded by
Anders Ferm
Succeeded by
Peter Osvald
Personal details
Born
Jan Kenneth Eliasson
(1940-09-17) 17 September 1940 (age 83) Gothenburg, Sweden
Political party
Social Democratic
Alma mater
Royal Swedish Naval Academy University of Gothenburg
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Jan Kenneth Eliasson (born 17 September 1940) is a Swedish diplomat who was Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations from July 2012 to December 2016.[1][2] A member of the Swedish Social Democratic Party, Eliasson served as Minister for Foreign Affairs from 24 April to 6 October 2006. Eliasson was appointed as Governing Board Chair of the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute in April 2017 and assumed his role as of 1 June 2017.[3]
^Kihlström, Staffan (2 March 2012). "Eliasson får FN-toppjobb". Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). Retrieved 2 March 2012.
^Näslund, Lars (2 July 2012). "Här svär Jan Eliasson eden - blir ny FN-topp". Expressen (in Swedish). Retrieved 17 September 2015.
^"SIPRI welcomes Ambassador Jan Eliasson as new Governing Board Chair | SIPRI". sipri.org. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
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