the Latvian Order of the Three Stars (3rd class). He was, purportedly, the first western foreign minister in the world to recognize Croatia as a sovereign nation in 1991. Sexual harassment scandal In 2012, it was revealed that during the period 1998–2001, Jón Baldvin sent a number of sexually explicit letters to Guðrún Harðardóttir, a young niece of his wife. In one of the letters, Jón Baldvin graphically described having sex with his wife. Other letters contained sexually explicit and erotic themes. Guðrún, who was 14–17 years of age at the time, attempted to push charges against Jón Baldvin for sexual harassment in 2005, but investigations were dropped by police. Jón Baldvin's letters were revealed to the public by Guðrún in the monthly magazine Nýtt Líf in February 2012, and subsequently he issued statements on his personal website. In his statements, he denied that he had sexually harassed Guðrún, but apologized for a "lapse of judgment" in initiating the correspondence with her. In 2013, the scandal re-emerged when Jón Baldvin was invited to teach as guest lecturer at the University of Iceland. Following public objections to the hiring of him, the University of Iceland withdrew the invitation. Jón Baldvin protested the University's decision in a series of newspaper articles. After Jón Baldvin threatened to sue, due to there being no legal grounds for his firing, the University agreed to pay him 500.000 ISK in compensations and publicly apologized for how they handled the matter. In 2022, Icelandic media reported about accusations of sexual harassment during Jón Baldvin's time as a 31 year old teacher in 1970. References External links 1939 births Living people Jon Baldvin Hannibalsson Alumni of the University of Edinburgh Jon Baldvin Hannibalsson Jon Baldvin Hannibalsson Jon Baldvin Hannibalsson Jon Baldvin Hannibalsson Jon Baldvin Hannibalsson Jon Baldvin Hannibalsson Jon Baldvin Hannibalsson Commander's Grand Crosses of the Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas Jon Baldvin Hannibalsson Harvard University alumni Jon Baldvin Hannibalsson Jon Baldvin Hannibalsson Jon Baldvin Hannibalsson Recipients of the Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana, 1st Class Jon Baldvin Hannibalsson Stockholm University alumni Jon Baldvin Hannibalsson