Inga Björk-Klevby

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Inga Björk-Klevby (born 1944), is the former United Nations Deputy Executive Director of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT). She was appointed to this position by United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan in October 2005.

She obtained her master's degree from the Stockholm School of Economics.

Björk-Klevby has been a diplomat for many years. She has served as the Ambassador of Sweden to Kenya, Rwanda, Seychelles and the Comoros and as Permanent Representative to the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and UN-HABITAT.

Later on, she became the Assistant Undersecretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Sweden who is responsible for international development cooperation policies, programmes and budget.

For over 20 years, she worked in international finance and senior management capacities with the Central Bank of Sweden, the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Bank, and the Asian Development Bank. She became Executive Director for the African Development Bank where she represented Nordic countries, Switzerland and India.

Prior to her appointment as Deputy Executive Director of the UN-HABITAT, she was Ambassador of Sweden to Côte d'Ivoire, Burkina Faso, Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone.

References[edit]

  • "SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS INGA BJÖRK-KLEVBY OF SWEDEN AS DEPUTY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF UN-HABITAT". United Nations. Retrieved 2008-10-20.
  • "Inga Björk-Klevby Lecture on Human Settlements". Liu Institute for Global Issues. Archived from the original on 2018-03-09. Retrieved 2008-10-20.
Diplomatic posts
Preceded by Ambassador of Sweden to Kenya
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Ambassador of Sweden to Comoros
1998–2003
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Preceded by Ambassador of Sweden to Rwanda
1998–2003
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Ambassador of Sweden to Seychelles
1998–2003
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Ambassador of Sweden to Ivory Coast
2003–2005
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Ambassador of Sweden to Burkina Faso
2003–2005
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Ambassador of Sweden to Guinea
2003–2005
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Ambassador of Sweden to Liberia
2003–2005
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Ambassador of Sweden to Sierra Leone
2003–2005
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