Jan Eliasson

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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

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]