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Jan Eliasson
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Swedish diplomat and politician
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 2
Top works
- Armed conflict
- New Global Landscape : The un and the Muslim World
via Open Library + Wikidata
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 3
- Total plays
- 9
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- The SILVA ribosomal RNA gene database project: improved data processing and web-based tools
· 2012 · cited 29,160x
- General atomic and molecular electronic structure system
· 1993 · cited 19,126x
- Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome
· 2001 · cited 18,612x
- A global reference for human genetic variation
· 2015 · cited 17,760x
- The Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology (STROBE) statement: guidelines for reporting observational studies
· 2007 · cited 17,510x
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Key facts
- Secretary general
- Ban Ki-moon
- Preceded by
- Asha-Rose Migiro
- Succeeded by
- Amina Mohammed
- Prime minister
- Göran Persson
- Born
- Jan Kenneth Eliasson , ( 1940-09-17 ) 17 September 1940 (age 85) , Gothenburg , Sweden
- Party
- Social Democratic
- Alma mater
- Royal Swedish Naval Academy , University of Gothenburg
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
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. 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.
Early life
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