Full Text of HR1085 95th General Assembly
HR1085 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 |
| Representatives are pleased to honor Swedish Ambassador Jonas | 4 |
| Hafström, who was recently honored at a luncheon given by the | 5 |
| Swedish-American Chamber of Commerce and held at the Trump | 6 |
| Tower in Chicago; and
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| WHEREAS, Jonas Hafström was born in Stockholm; he earned a | 8 |
| LL.B. from Lund University in 1974; in 1975, he was elected | 9 |
| chairman of the Student Body at Lund University; and
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| WHEREAS, From 1976 to 1979, he served as a District Clerk | 11 |
| at the District Court in Nyköping, Sweden; in 1979, he was | 12 |
| employed at the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs in | 13 |
| Stockholm and from 1979 to 1981, he served as press secretary | 14 |
| to then Minister for Justice Håkan Winberg; from 1982 to 1984, | 15 |
| he was First Secretary at the Swedish embassy in Teheran, Iran, | 16 |
| and from 1984 to 1987, he was First Secretary at the Swedish | 17 |
| embassy in Washington, D.C.; and
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| WHEREAS, From 1987 to 1991, Ambassador Hafström served as | 19 |
| press secretary and foreign policy advisor to then chairman of | 20 |
| the Moderate Party, Carl Bildt; during Mr. Bildt's tenure as | 21 |
| Prime Minister of Sweden from 1991 to 1994, Mr. Hafström served | 22 |
| as an assistant Under-Secretary and foreign policy advisor to |
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| him; from 1994 to 2000, Ambassador Hafström was head of the | 2 |
| International Bureau of the Moderate Party and foreign policy | 3 |
| advisor to Carl Bildt; from 1998 to 1999, he was a member of | 4 |
| the Swedish Defense Committee; from 2000 to 2004, he was Deputy | 5 |
| Director-General and head of the Department for Consular | 6 |
| Affairs and Civil Law at the Swedish Ministry for Foreign | 7 |
| Affairs; and
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| WHEREAS, From 2004 to 2007, he served as the Swedish | 9 |
| ambassador in Bangkok, Thailand; he received accolades for his | 10 |
| work during the tsunami disaster of December 2004; in January | 11 |
| of 2008 he was awarded H. M. The King's Medal (8th size) from | 12 |
| King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden for his efforts during the | 13 |
| tsunami disaster in South East Asia; since the autumn of 2007, | 14 |
| he has served as the Swedish ambassador in Washington, D.C.; | 15 |
| and since 1987, he has been a non-commissioned reserve captain | 16 |
| in the Swedish Army; and
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| WHEREAS, Ambassador Hafström and his wife, Eva Hafström, | 18 |
| have three children; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 20 |
| NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 21 |
| honor Ambassador Hafström and offer him our best in his | 22 |
| continued work between our country and Sweden; and be it | 23 |
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 2 |
| presented to Ambassador Hafström as a symbol of our respect.
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