Leif Åke Ringquist

Leif Åke Ringquist (* 2. October 1942 ) is a Swedish diplomat in retirement .

Life

In 1981 he was first class secretary of the embassy in Vienna . In 1990 he was a delegation councilor in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, responsible for the implementation of the ban on visits to ships carrying nuclear weapons in Swedish ports. A planned visit to the HMS Brilliant (F90) in the seaport of Gothenburg on June 28, 1990 was canceled without giving any reason. From 1997 to 2003 he was ambassador to Riyadh ( Saudi Arabia ) at the same time he was accredited in Muscat and Sanaa . His term of office was after the end of 1994, when Foreign Minister Mats Hellström sought a more restrictive arms export policy. Previously, in a memorandum of January 17, 1994, the government of Carl Bildt had stated that all six western states on the Persian Gulf , to which Saudi Arabia belongs, comply with the guidelines for the purchase of military equipment, which are not war material for the Combat use are. This meant that the then government believed that there were no serious and grave human rights violations in Saudi Arabia. According to the Svensk vapenexportpolitiken (Swedish arms export policy ), particular caution is required if "the information is insufficient" in the intended buyer country.

“Det är svårt för ambassaden av få förstahandskunskap om brott motmännkliga rättigheter in Saudi Arabia.

(It is difficult for the embassy to experience firsthand the human rights violations in Saudi Arabia) "

- Ambassador Leif Ringquist to the Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs in autumn 1997.

Opposition, criticism of the monarchy or religious leaders may not be published. Freedom of speech and freedom of religion are lacking. Lawyers are not available in criminal court proceedings and court proceedings are not public. The Aftonbladet reported on October 24, 1998 that BAE Systems Hägglunds had been authorized by the State Department to offer the Bandvagn 206, classified as a military service, to the Saudi government. Lars Ångström then put a parliamentary question: I would like to ask Trade Minister Leif Pagrotsky : Does the Trade Minister intend to stop Hägglund's attempt to export Bandvagn to Saudi Arabia?

predecessor	Office	successor
Lave Johnsson	Swedish Ambassador to Riyadh from 1997 to 2003	Åke Karlsson

Individual evidence

↑ Austrian official calendar for 1986, p. 56
^ The Service, Daily Report. West Europe, 1990, [1] [2] p. 90 Sverige är ell kärnvapenfriil land, och det är förbjudet att medföra kärnvapen vid örlogsbesök i svenska hamnar. Riksdag Prot. 1988/89: 40 December 7, 1988 [3]
↑ 1998/99: 97 by Lars Ångström (born March 30, 1955) member of the Miljöpartiet de Gröna , 1998-2006 member of the Riksdag to Leif Pagrotsky's government council on the export of Bandvagn to Saudi Arabia, November 23, 1998, export av bandvagnar till Saudi Arabia - Riksdagens öppna data, [4] [5]

personal data
SURNAME	Ringquist, Leif Åke
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Swedish diplomat
DATE OF BIRTH	October 2, 1942

[1] Austrian official calendar for 1986, p. 56

[2] The Service, Daily Report. West Europe, 1990, [1] [2] p. 90 Sverige är ell kärnvapenfriil land, och det är förbjudet att medföra kärnvapen vid örlogsbesök i svenska hamnar. Riksdag Prot. 1988/89: 40 December 7, 1988 [3]

[3] 1998/99: 97 by Lars Ångström (born March 30, 1955) member of the Miljöpartiet de Gröna , 1998-2006 member of the Riksdag to Leif Pagrotsky's government council on the export of Bandvagn to Saudi Arabia, November 23, 1998, export av bandvagnar till Saudi Arabia - Riksdagens öppna data, [4] [5]