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Christina Markus Lassen

Christina Markus Lassen R. (born 17 December 1970) is a Danish diplomat, who has served as the Permanent representative of Denmark to the United Nations since 2023. She previously served as Ambassador of Denmark to the United States and as Under Secretary of State for Foreign Policy at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In her current position as UN Ambassador in New York, Lassen is responsible for working in partnership with Denmark's special representative, Holger K. Nielsen, to advance Denmark's candidacy for a seat in the UN Security Council for the period 2025-2026. Prior to her current appointment, Lassen held diplomatic roles, including Ambassador and Head of the EU Delegation to Lebanon, and Danish Ambassador to Syria and Jordan, during a period of regional instability, including the Arab Spring and specifically the Syrian revolution in 2011. Description above from the Wikipedia article Christina Markus Lassen, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.