Elisabeth Rehn

Märta Elisabeth Rehn (née Carlberg) (born 6 Aprile 1935 in Helsinki, Finland) is a Finnish politeecian who wis a MP o the Swadish Fowkpairty an the first female Meenister o Defence in Finland. In the 1994 presidential elections she wis narraely defeatit bi Martti Ahtisaari.

Elisabeth Rehn spent her childhuid in Mäntsälä, whaur her faither wirked as a community medical doctor. Rehn went tae a local schuil in Mäntsälä afore enterin a boardin schuil in Kauniainen.

Rehn received the degree o Maister o Science in Economics in 1957 an haes honorary degrees in poleetical science frae baith Hanken School o Economics an Åbo Akademi University. In the beginnin o the 1960s Rehn wis kent tae be the first body in Finland tae import an mercat the plastic Tupperware containers.

Rehn haed a heich profile as the first female Meenister o Defence in Finland. In 1995, durin Rehn's term as Meenister o Defence, a law on voluntary female enleetment wis enactit. In recent years Rehn haes been kent for her internaitional assignments, as UN Unner-Secretary General an as the Special Rapporteur for Human Richts in Bosnie an Herzegovinae.

Rehn is a Member o the Global Leadership Foundation, an organization which wirks tae promote guid govrenance aroond the warld.

Rehn wis marrit tae Ove Rehn frae 1955 till his daith, an they hae fower childer: Veronica, Joakim, Charlotta an Johan. Ove Rehn dee'd on 8 November 2004.

Rehn is a twa-time cancer survivor. She recovered frae colon cancer in the 1990s an wis diagnosed wi breast cancer in 2000.

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