Elisabeth Rehn

Minister
Elisabeth Rehn
Rehn at The House of Culture in Stockholm in 2015
Special Representative and Coordinator of the Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina[1]
In office
16 January 1998 – 15 July 1999
Secretary-GeneralKofi Annan
Preceded byKai Eide[2]
Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the former Yugoslavia[1]
In office
27 September 1995 – 15 January 1998
Secretary-GeneralKofi Annan
Preceded byTadeusz Mazowiecki[3]
Succeeded byJiří Dienstbier[4]
Member of the European Parliament[5]
In office
1 January 1995 – 10 November 1996
Preceded byPosition established
Minister of Defence of Finland[6]
In office
13 June 1990 – 1 January 1995
Prime MinisterHarri Holkeri
Esko Aho
Preceded byOle Norrback
Succeeded byJan-Erik Enestam
Member of the parliament of Finland for Uusimaa[7]
In office
24 March 1979 – 23 March 1995
1987–1990Parliamentary leader of the Swedish People's Party
Personal details
Born
Märta Elisabeth Carlberg

(1935-04-06) 6 April 1935 (age 89)
Helsinki, Finland
Political partySwedish People's Party
Spouse
(m. 1955; died 2004)
Children4, including Veronica Rehn-Kivi
Occupation
  • Politician
  • diplomat

Märta Elisabeth Rehn VR 1 (née Carlberg; born 6 April 1935) is a Finnish former politician and diplomat. She served as the Minister of Defence of Finland during 1990 to 1995 and as an Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations during 1998 to 1999.[8] She was also a member of the Finnish Parliament and parliamentary leader of the Swedish People's Party of Finland, and a member of the European Parliament.

  1. ^ a b "Rehn, Elisabeth (Finland) – Statement of qualifications" (PDF). International Criminal Court. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
  2. ^ "SFOR Transcript of Press Briefing, 27 Nov. 1997 (Coalition Press Information Centre, Tito Barracks)". NATO. 27 November 1997. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
  3. ^ "New Balkans rights investigator named". United Press International. 29 September 1995. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
  4. ^ "New Special Rapporteur on Situation of Human Rights in the Former Yugoslavia Appointed". Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. 13 March 1998. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
  5. ^ "4th parliamentary term MEPs: Elisabeth REHN. Finland". European Parliament. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
  6. ^ "Rehn, Märta Elisabeth". Valtioneuvosto (in Finnish). Retrieved 23 March 2022.
  7. ^ "Kansanedustajat > Elisabeth Rehn". Parliament of Finland (in Finnish). Retrieved 21 June 2022.
  8. ^ "Women in High Places Defense Minister: Finland's 44-Year-Old Anneli Taina Oversees Huge Modernization Drive". The Baltimore Sun. 15 April 1996. Retrieved 23 March 2022.

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