Minister Elisabeth Rehn | |
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![]() 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-General | Kofi Annan |
Preceded by | Kai Eide[2] |
Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the former Yugoslavia[1] | |
In office 27 September 1995 – 15 January 1998 | |
Secretary-General | Kofi Annan |
Preceded by | Tadeusz Mazowiecki[3] |
Succeeded by | Jiří Dienstbier[4] |
Member of the European Parliament[5] | |
In office 1 January 1995 – 10 November 1996 | |
Preceded by | Position established |
Minister of Defence of Finland[6] | |
In office 13 June 1990 – 1 January 1995 | |
Prime Minister | Harri Holkeri Esko Aho |
Preceded by | Ole Norrback |
Succeeded by | Jan-Erik Enestam |
Member of the parliament of Finland for Uusimaa[7] | |
In office 24 March 1979 – 23 March 1995 | |
1987–1990 | Parliamentary leader of the Swedish People's Party |
Personal details | |
Born | Märta Elisabeth Carlberg 6 April 1935 Helsinki, Finland |
Political party | Swedish People's Party |
Spouse | |
Children | 4, including Veronica Rehn-Kivi |
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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.