Sweden names new foreign Minister
STOCKHOLM, March 27 (Xinhua) -- Swedish Prime Minister Goeran Persson on Monday appointed veteran diplomat Jan Eliasson as foreign minister to replace his predecessor Laila Freivalds who quit last week.
Eliasson served as Sweden's ambassador to the United State and UN ambassador from 1988 to 1992, and became the first deputy UN secretary-general for humanitarian affairs in 1992.
The new foreign minister is due to be sworn in on April 24 to succeed Laila Freivalds, who quit last Tuesday over allegations that she lied about her role in shutting down a website carrying cartoons of Prophet Muhammad.
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