Maria Leissner

Maria Leissner
Maria Leissner
	Maria Leissner at the United Nations Community of Democracies press briefing in 2012.
Born	21 January 1956 (age 68); Gothenburg, Sweden
Occupation	Swedish politician

Maria Leissner (born (1956-01-21)21 January 1956) is a Swedish politician and former party leader of the Swedish Liberal People's Party (1995–97).^[1] Between 2000 and 2004 she was Sweden's ambassador to Guatemala.^[1] In January 2007 she was appointed Ambassador-at-large for Democracy. In April 2012 she was appointed Secretary-General of Community of Democracies.

Bibliography

En generösare invandrar- och flyktingpolitik (1988)
Democracy promotion in a transatlantic perspective (2009)

References

^ ^a ^b "Maria Leissner". Nationalencyklopedin (in Swedish). Retrieved 10 May 2010.

External links

The Swedish Parliament: Maria Leissner (FP)

Party political offices
Preceded by Bengt Westerberg	Leader of the Swedish Liberal People's Party 1995–1997	Succeeded by Lars Leijonborg
Preceded by Peter Örn	Chairperson of the Liberal Youth of Sweden 1983–1985	Succeeded by Thorbjörn Pettersson
Diplomatic posts
Preceded by Staffan Wrigstad	Ambassador of Sweden to Guatemala 2000–2004	Succeeded by Eivor Halkjaer

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[NE-1] "Maria Leissner". Nationalencyklopedin (in Swedish). Retrieved 10 May 2010.

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