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Ms Annika Mariana Elisabet Rachel Ben David - Curriculum vitae
| Date and place of birth | 30 april 1967 in Uppsala, Sweden |
| Civil status | Divorced, mother of Joakim and Nili |
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Education
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Diplôme d’Études Supérieures en Relations Internationales, Institut de Hautes Études Internationales, Geneva, Switzerland 1995 |
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Professional experience |
Master’s degree in Political Science, Uppsala, 1992 (incl one year at the University of Lausanne, Switzerland) |
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Ambassador at large for Human Rights, Democracy and the Rule of Law, Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Sweden (Stockholm), September 2016-2021 Ambassador of Sweden to the Democratic Republic of the Congo 2013-2016 Head of Section Central, Eastern and Southern Africa, Africa Department, Ministry for Foreign Affairs 2010-2013 Counsellor and Deputy Head of Mission, Embassy of Sweden, Tel Aviv, Israel 2006-2010 Counsellor, Department for Human Rights, International Law and Treaty Law, Ministry for Foreign Affairs 2005-2006 First Secretary (Political, Economics, Trade), Embassy of Sweden in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania 2000-2004 Second Secretary (Political, Consular and Cultural), Embassy of Sweden, Tel Aviv, Israel 1997-2000 Diplomatic training, 1996-1997 Desk Officer, Departement for Political Affairs, Ministry for Foreign Affairs 1995-1996 Associate Protection Offier, UNHCR Regional Office for the Baltic and Nordic countries 1995 Associate Protection Officer, UNHCR, Middle Eastern and South West Asia Bureau 1994-1995 |
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| Languages |
Fluent in French and English, beginners Hebrew and German |
Sweden has diplomatic relations with almost all States in the world. It has embassies and consulates in around half of these. Sweden's foreign representation consists of approximately 100 missions abroad and 350 honorary consulates.