Jan Thesleff

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Jan Thesleff
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Born (1959-01-06) January 6, 1959 (age 65)
Lund, Sweden
NationalitySwedish
Occupation Diplomat

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

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Career

Thesleff was born in Lund, Sweden. Between 1979 and 1985 he was educating at university in Lund, Montpellier and Tunis. 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]

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References

  1. 1 2 "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). Regeringskansliet. 8 May 2014. Retrieved 24 December 2018.
  3. "Ny ambassadör i Egypten" (in Swedish). Regeringskansliet. 20 July 2017. Retrieved 24 December 2018.
Diplomatic posts
Preceded by
Åke Karlsson
Ambassador of Sweden to Saudi Arabia
2006–2011
Succeeded by
Dag Juhlin-Dannfelt
Preceded by
Anne Marie Dierauer
Ambassador of Sweden to Tunisia and Libya
2011–2014
Succeeded by
Fredrik Florén
Preceded by
Max Bjuhr
Ambassador of Sweden to the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain
2014–2017
Succeeded by
Preceded by
Charlotta Sparre
Ambassador of Sweden to Egypt
2017–2021
Succeeded by
Håkan Emsgård
Preceded by
Klas Molin
Ambassador of Sweden to India
2022–present
Succeeded by
Incumbent