Jan Eliasson

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]

Not to be confused with Dan Eliasson.

Jan Eliasson

Haya Rashed Al-Khalifa

Jan Kenneth Eliasson

17 September 1940
Gothenburg, Sweden

Social Democratic

Royal Swedish Naval Academy
University of Gothenburg

Personal life[edit]

Eliasson is married to Kerstin Eliasson, former Swedish State Secretary for Education and Science. They have three children: Anna, Emilie and Johan. He is a GAIS supporter.^[10]

Archived 3 January 2005 at the Wayback Machine

Biography at the Embassy of Sweden

President of the sixtieth session of the United Nations General Assembly

WaterAid in Sweden

on C-SPAN

Jan Eliasson

Jan Eliasson

Secretary-General

Preceded by

Succeeded by

Prime Minister

Preceded by

Succeeded by

Preceded by

Succeeded by

Preceded by

Succeeded by

Preceded by

Succeeded by

Succeeded by

Preceded by

Succeeded by

Born

Political party

Alma mater

Personal life[edit]

Biography at the Embassy of Sweden

President of the sixtieth session of the United Nations General Assembly

WaterAid in Sweden

Appearances

Lecture transcript and video of Mr. Eliasson's speech at the Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice at the University of San Diego, March 2009