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Jan Kenneth Eliasson (born 17 September 1940 ) is a Swedish Diplomat with connections to the Social Democratic party. He is the current President Of The United Nations General Assembly and has been Swedish Minister Of Foreign Affairs since April 24, 2006. BIOGRAPHY Jan Eliasson was born in Working-class family in Gothenburg . He was an exchange student in Indiana 1957 - 1958 and graduated from the Swedish Naval Academy in 1962 . In 1965 he earned a Master's degree in Economics from the Gothenburg School Of Economics And Commercial Law . He also holds honorary degrees from American University ( 1994 ), Gothenburg University ( 2001 ) and Uppsala University ( 2005 ). Eliasson has authored and co-authored numerous books and articles and is a frequent lecturer on foreign policy and diplomacy. Since 1988 he has been a visiting lecturer on mediation, conflict resolution and UN reform at Uppsala University. Eliasson started his diplomatic career in 1965 , when he was employed at the Swedish Ministry For Foreign Affairs . 1982 - 1983 he served as Diplomatic Advisor to the Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme , and 1983 - 1987 as Director General for Political Affairs in the Ministry for Foreign Affairs. 1980 - 1986 Eliasson was part of the U.N. mission, mediating in the Iran-Iraq War . 1988 - 1992 he served as Sweden's Ambassador to the United Nations in New York , where he also served as the Secretary General's Personal Representative on Iran/Iraq. In 1991 Eliasson was Chairman of the U.N. General Assembly 's working group on emergency relief and Vice President of the ECOSOC 1991-1992. In 1992 he was appointed the first Under Secretary General For Humanitarian Affairs of the U.N. He was involved in operations in Somalia , Sudan , Mozambique and the Balkans . He also took initiatives on issues such as land mines, prevention and humanitarian action. 1994 - 1999 Eliasson served as State Secretary Of The Swedish Ministry For Foreign Affairs . From 2000 to 2005 he served as Sweden's Ambassador to Washington, D.C. , United States . On June 13 , 2005 , he was unanimously elected President Of The United Nations General Assembly , for its sixtieth session. He took over the presidency on September 13 , 2005, during the U.N. High-Level Plenary Meeting and will lead its work during the coming year, when reform issues will be in focus. He was announced the successor of Laila Freivalds as Swedish Minister of Foreign Affairs at a press conference on March 27, 2006. EXTERNAL LINKS
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