Frank Belfrage - CV

State Secretary for Foreign Affairs at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs

Personal

State Secretary Frank Belfrage

Born in 1942.
Married, four children.

Education

1965
BSc in Business Administration and Economics, Stockholm School of Economics

Positions

2001-2006
Ambassador in Paris

1999-2001
Director-General for European Affairs at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs

1994-1999
Ambassador at the Permanent Representation of Sweden to the EU in Brussels

1991-1994
State Secretary at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs Department for Trade and Chief Negotiator for Swedish EU accession

1988-1991
Director at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs Department for Trade, Section 1 (Western European Integration)

1987-1988
Director, Head of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs Department for Trade, Section 3 (Trade with Asia, Africa and Latin America)

1984-1987
Ambassador in Riyadh, Muscat and Sana

1977-1984
Counsellor and later Minister at the Embassy in London (trade and economics)

1975-1977
Director, Head of the Department for International Development Cooperation, Multilateral Section

1975
Desk Office at the Political Department, Pol 2 (Executive Officer for Africa and the Middle East)

1971-1974
Desk Officer at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs Department for International Development Cooperation, Multilateral Section

1968-1971
Second Secretary at the Permanent Mission of Sweden to the United Nations in New York

1966-1967
Second Secretary at the Embassy in Vienna

1965
Attaché at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs (GATT Section)

Contact

Frank Belfrage
State Secretary for Foreign Affairs
work +46 8 405 10 00
email to Frank Belfrage, via the senior registry clerk