Ann Ollestad

Ann Ollestad (born 3 August 1952) is a Norwegian diplomat and the country's current ambassador to Myanmar.

Ann Ollestad in November 2011

Born in Oslo, she graduated as cand.polit. in 1983. She then mainly worked in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, including posts in Paris, Bonn and Geneva.

In 2000, she was appointed deputy under-secretary of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.[1] She held this position until 2007, when she was appointed Norwegian ambassador to India.[2] Before the year ended, her ambassadorship was extended to Bhutan.[3]

In 2013, she was appointed ambassador of the newly opened Norwegian embassy in Yangon.[4]

References
  1. "Ann Ollestad 50 år 3. august". Norwegian News Agency. 12 July 2002.
  2. "Offisielt fra statsråd". Norwegian News Agency. 25 May 2007.
  3. "Offisielt fra statsråd". Norwegian News Agency. 14 December 2007.
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-03-09. Retrieved 2013-10-28.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
Diplomatic posts
Preceded by
Jon Westborg		 Norwegian ambassador to India
2007–present		 Incumbent



This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.