Diana Janse is the Swedish State Secretary for International Development Cooperation. Before taking up this position, she was a Senior Fellow at the Stockholm Free World Forum (Frivärld) between 2021-2022. During her career as a diplomat, she has served in Afghanistan, Russia and in Foreign Minister Carl Bildt's cabinet. She has also served as ambassador to Mali (2019-2021) Georgia (2010-2014) and Lebanon/Syria (2014-2015). From 2015 to 2019, she was foreign policy advisor and international director at the Moderate Party. In 2010, her book "A Piece of My Heart I Leave Behind" was published about her experiences in Afghanistan. Ms. Janse holds two degrees from Uppsala University, a Masters in Political Science and a Bachelor in Russian Language and Literature.