Jan Thesleff

Jan Thesleff (born 6 January 1959) is a Swedish diplomat. He has served as Swedish ambassador in a number of different countries since 2006.

Jan Thesleff
Jan Thesleff
Born (1959-01-06) 6 January 1959 (age 67)
Lund, Sweden
Alma materLund University
University of Montpellier
Tunis University
OccupationDiplomat
Years active1986–present
Spouse
Anna Wettermark
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(m. 1993)​

Jan Thesleff (born 6 January 1959) is a Swedish diplomat. He has served as Swedish ambassador in a number of different countries since 2006.

Early life

Thesleff was born on 6 January 1959 in Lund, Sweden. Between 1979 and 1985 he was educating at university in Lund, Montpellier and Tunis.

Career

For next two years he was project manager and controller of Alfa Laval in Lund then he started The Ministry of Foreign Affairs' diplomatic program. In years 1998–1991 he was Second Embassy Secretary at the Embassy in Damascus before he became Second Embassy Secretary at the Embassy in Tokyo. He became member of Embassy Council at the Embassy in Cairo. In 1999 he became member of Embassy Council at the Swedish European Union representation in Brussels with responsibility for the Middle East and North Africa issues. Next he became Political Advisor to European Union Special Envoy for Peace Middle East process. Between 2006 and 2011 he was an Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Oman and Yemen then in 2011 he became an ambassador to Tunisia and Libya.[1] In 2014 became ambassador to United Arab Emirates[2] and in 2017 he became Ambassador to Egypt.[3] In October 2020 Ambassador Jan Thesleff was appointed to Commissioner General – to lead the work in the Committee for Sweden´s Participation at Expo 2020 in Dubai. He took up his duties as Commissioner General in January 2021.

Personal life

He got married in 1993.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "Curriculum Vitae" (PDF) (in Swedish). Sweden Abroad. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 July 2015. Retrieved 24 December 2018.
  2. ^ "Ny ambassadör till Förenade Arabemiraten" (in Swedish). Government Offices of Sweden. 8 May 2014. Retrieved 24 December 2018.
  3. ^ "Ny ambassadör i Egypten" (in Swedish). Government Offices of Sweden. 20 July 2017. Retrieved 24 December 2018.

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