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Johan Borgstam

Ambassador of Sweden to Greece

Date of Birth: 4 March 1965
Nationality: Swedish
2021 – Ambassador of Sweden to the Hellenic Republic
2017-2021 Ambassador/Head of the European Union Delegation to Ethiopia
2012-2017 Ambassador of Sweden to Kenya and Permanent Representative of
Sweden to UNEP and UNHABITAT
2011-2012 Director-General for International Development Cooperation,
Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Stockholm, Sweden
2008-2011 Ambassador of Sweden to the Democratic Republic of Congo
2005-2008 Chief of Staff to the Minister for International Development
Cooperation, Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Stockholm, Sweden
2004 Desk Officer, Department of Asia and the Pacific, Ministry for
Foreign Affairs, Stockholm, Sweden
2001-2004 Deputy Head of Mission, Embassy of Sweden in Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia
1998-2001 Second Secretary, Permanent Mission of Sweden to the WTO,
Geneva, Switzerland
1996-1998 Desk Officer, Department for International Trade, Ministry for
Foreign Affairs, Stockholm, Sweden
1995-1996 Desk Officer, EU-coordination, Ministry for Industry and Trade,
Stockholm, Sweden
EDUCATION
MA in European Economic Studies, College of Europe in Bruges, Belgium
MSc in International Business Administration and Economics, University of Uppsala, Sweden