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Jan Eliasson
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Swedish diplomat and politician
Key facts
- Secretary general
- Ban Ki-moon
- Preceded by
- Asha-Rose Migiro
- Succeeded by
- Amina Mohammed
- Prime minister
- Göran Persson
- Born
- Jan Kenneth Eliasson , ( 1940-09-17 ) 17 September 1940 (age 85) , Gothenburg , Sweden
- Party
- Social Democratic
- Alma mater
- Royal Swedish Naval Academy , University of Gothenburg
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Jan
- Family name
- Eliasson
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Sweden
- Place of birth
- Gothenburg
- Occupation
- politician
- Position held
- Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations
- Educated at
- School of Business, Economics and Law
- Employer
- United Nations
- Political party
- Swedish Social Democratic Party
- Languages spoken
- Swedish
- Award
- Order of the Falcon
- Image
- Jan Eliasson at Tällberg Forum 2009 cropped.jpg
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- Commons category
- Jan Eliasson
- date of birth
- 1940-09-17
- name in native language
- Jan Eliasson
- social media followers
- 42585
- P10632
- Jan Eliasson
- affiliation string
- United Nations
- affiliation
- United Nations
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Encyclopedic overview
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. 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.
Early life
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