Annika Markovic

Annika Lisa Markovic (born 9 June 1964) is a Swedish diplomat. From 1 September 2025 Annika Markovic has joined the Stockholm Environment Institute as their Engagement and Impact Director. She is currently responsible for communication and outreach building a bridge between science and policy decisions. She has formerly been appointed as the ambassador to Austria and Slovakia from 2021 to 2025, the Netherlands from 2018 to 2021, Brazil from 2008 to 2011, and the Philippines from 2003 to 2007.

Education Markovic majored in social sciences from the upper secondary school Brännkyrka Gymnasium in 1982, and received her degree from the Stockholm University in business economics in 1986. She also has a diploma from the Sorbonne University in Paris, certification of Langue et de Civilisation in 1983. Both side-accredited as Sweden's ambassador to Suriname and in Brasília. On 31 January 2008, she gave President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva her letters of credential. On 31 August 2011, Markovic left her position as ambassador to Brasilia.

United Nations She then served as an environmental ambassador for the Ministry of the Environment and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 1 September 2011 to February 2014. For both Ministries, she was named co-chair of the CCAC. Following the UN Climate Summit in September 2014, she resigned from her role as co-chair of the CCAC to resume her "day job" as Permanent Representative of Sweden to the OECD and Permanent Delegate to UNESCO in Paris.

The CCAC has decided to increase the scope of its initiatives in the areas of agriculture, methane reduction in the oil and gas industry, alternative refrigeration, cleaner transportation, and municipal solid waste management. The Coalition's explosive expansion is proof that its members are really motivated to change the world. They have been able to support this effort so enthusiastically because they are searching for a platform to create tangible results," Markovic said in April 2014.

Markovic was selected by the Swedish government to serve as the OECD and UNSECO ambassador in Paris on 20 January 2014. She started working there on 17 February 2014. On 31 August 2018, she concluded her tenure as an ambassador for OECD and UNSECO, and be reappointed as the Permanent Representative to the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons and to the International Criminal Court in The Hague 2018 to 2021.

On 28 November 2014, UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova and Markovic signed a Programme Cooperation Agreement (PCA) to the value of close to SEK400 million over a four-year period. On 16 September 2021, Ghada Waly, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Vienna (UNOV), received the credentials of Markovic, the newly appointed Permanent Representative of Sweden. Markovic and Ines Coppoolse took part in a webinar that we co-hosted with the Swedish Chamber on 4 June 2020, discussing their thoughts and observations about their respective nations.

Austria and Slovakia On 16 September 2021, President Alexander Van der Bellen received the credentials of Markovic, the recently appointed Swedish ambassador to Austria. In addition, She serves as Sweden's Permanent Delegate to the International Organisations in Vienna as well as its Ambassador to Slovakia. On 11 January 2022, at the Ministry of Defence, Markovic was received by Defence Minister Jaroslav Naď. The goal of the conversation, which was Ambassador Markovic's first chance to speak with the Defence Minister since accepting her position in the Diplomatic Service, was to examine potential avenues for future bilateral collaboration between the two nations.

Honours The outgoing Markovic was awarded the Order of Sikatuna with the title of Datu (Grand Cross) by the President in recognition of her excellent and sterling service as her nation's envoy in the Philippines. In recognition of his services as an ambassador in Brasilia, Markovic was awarded the Order of the Southern Cross in 2011.

Personal life Markovic is bilingual in English and Swedish. She has three kids and is married.