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BELGIUM - H.E. Caroline Vermeulen

Credentials: 15.09.2022

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Born in 1973
Married, two children

EDUCATION

1995: Master degree in Contemporary History (Université Catholique de Louvain)
1996: Postgraduate in European Studies (College of Europe, Bruges)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2019-2022: Director for European External relations, Directorate general for European affairs, Ministry of Foreign affairs, Brussels
2015-2019: Deputy head of Mission, Belgian Embassy, Beijing
2011-2015: Director of the Belgian Office, Taipei
2004-2011: Secretary of HM Queen Paola, Royal Palace, Brussels
2002-2004: First Secretary, Belgian Embassy, Moscow
1999-2002: Environment Attaché, Belgian Permanent Representation at the European Union
1999: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Brussels
1998: Attaché, Belgian Embassy , Tokyo
1997: Diplomatic service of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs from 1/09/1997 onwards

Fotos: Carina Karlovits/HBF und Peter Lechner/HBF

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Date and place of birth: 16. 02.1969, Misurata, Libya
Status: Married, with 2 sons and 2 daughters

Job Profile

2000-2003
Cabinet of the Libyan Foreign Minister, African Unity, Tripoli, Libya

2003-2007
Cabinet of the Foreign Minister

March 2007-Dec. 2011
Diplomat at the Libyan Embassy Brussels, in Charge of the dossier of cooperation between Libya and the European Union, and in Charge of the dossier of the African Group

Oct. 2010-Dec. 2011
Head of the Consulate Section at the Libyan Embassy Brussels

Feb. 2012-Sept. 2013
Cabinet of the Foreign Minister

Oct. 2013-Dec. 2014
Head, Office of the Deputy Foreign Minister

Jan. 2015 -Feb. 2018
Director of the European Affairs
Department/ Libyan Ministry of Foreign Affairs

March 2018- 27 Nov. 2019
Charge d'Affairs a.i., Libyan Embassy, Vienna, Austria

Activities
- Rapporteur of the National Team for International Cooperation in the field of Security, Justice and Rule of Law (2013-2014)
- Head of the National Migration Group (2017-2018)
- Member of the negotiating team between Libya and the European Union (2008-2011)

Education
- Bachelor, French Language
- Bachelor, Business Administration
- Postgraduate Diploma in Business Administration

Training Courses
- Protocol and Relations, Jordan 2001
- Leadership methods, Beirut 2006
- Negotiation, Tripoli 2012
- Peace building, Tripoli 2014
- Reports writing, Tripoli 2015

Skills
- English language knowledge
- Computer literate

Fotos: Carina Karlovits und Clemens Schwarz/HBF

CUBA - H.E. Loipa Sánchez Lorenzo

Credentials: 28.11.2019

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Date and place of birth: 2 March 1967, Havana, Cuba
Married, one son.

Languages: English and French, with knowledge of Russian and Slovak

EDUCATION

Bachelor’s Degree in International Political Relations from the Raúl Roa García Higher Institute of International Relations in 1990
Bachelor’s Degree in Law from the University of Havana in 2005

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

November 2019:
Ambassador of Cuba to the Republic of Austria with concurrent accreditation to the Republic of Slovenia and to the Republic of Croatia

2017- October 2019:
Official with the rank of Ambassador at the Europe and Canada Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

2011-2016:
Ambassador of Cuba to the Slovak Republic

2011:
Minister-Counselor at the Department of Multilateral Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs &
Vice-Chair of the Bureau representing Latin America and the Caribbean in the 50th session of the UN Committee for Programme and Coordination

2010:
Minister-Counselor of the Embassy of Cuba to Italy and the International Organizations based in Rome & Member of the Cuban delegation to the FAO World Summit on Food Security, to the Committee on Food Security, and to the sessions of the World Food Programme (2009)
Vice-President of the Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean at the 50th Session of the Committee for Programme and Coordination.

2007-2010:
Counselor at the Department of Multilateral Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

2007-2011:
Counselor and Minister-Counselor in the Directorate of International Organisations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs & participated in the 64th and 65th sessions of the United Nations, the 42nd session of the Commission on Population and Development (2008) and the 12th Commission on Science and Technology for Development (Geneva)

2003-2007:
Counselor at the Embassy of Cuba to Ethiopia, Djibouti and the African Union

2000-2003:
First Secretary of the Department of Multilateral Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Expert of the Committee for Programme and Coordination of the 55th and 56th sessions of the United Nations General Assembly

1999-2003:
Second and First Secretary in the Directorate of International Organisations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs & conducted 12 official missions to UN Headquarters (55, 56, 57 United Nations General Assembly & participated in the III International Conference for the Pacific Use of Outer Space (Vienna) and the G-77 High Level Conference on Science and Technology (Dubai).
She was an International Expert of the Committee for Programme and Coordination (42nd and 43rd sessions).

1999:
Official at the Department of Multilateral Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

1996-1998:
Third Secretary of the Embassy of Cuba to Belgium, Luxembourg and the European Union

1995: Third Secretary of the Embassy of Cuba to Russia and Latvia

1990-1994:
Diplomatic attaché at the Europe Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

She has received the Enrique Hart medal.

Fotos: Carina Karlovits und Clemens Schwarz/HBF

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Birthday: 01 July 1957 Sulaimaniya / IRAQ
Marital status: Married / Two Daughters

Education:
1978 BSc. Chemistry / Sulaimaniya University Iraq
1991 Vocational Diploma / Advanced Information Technology Tehran
1997 Diploma in Spanish Language and Culture / Spain
1999 Diploma / International Relations and Diplomatic Issues / Italy

Positions and Works:
2019 March Ambassador of the Republic of Iraq to Austria
2017–2018 Ambassador, Head of the Department of Europa in the Iraqi MOFA
2013–2017 Ambassador of Iraq to the Kingdom of Sweden
2010–2013 Ambassador of Iraq to Brazil
2009–2010 Ambassador in the Iraqi Foreign Ministry
2005–2009 Member of Parliament in Kurdistan Region Iraq

Affiliation:
1978 Member of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK)
1992 Member of Human Rights Committee of the Iraqi National Congress
1994 Member of Founding Board of the Kurdish-Spanish Cultural Association
1998 Member of the Founding Board of Kurdish Relief Committee

Languages:
Kurdish (m. tongue) , Arabic, English, Farsi, Spanish, Italian & Portuguese

Fotos: KARLOVITS/HBF, HEINSCHINK/HBF, BAUER/HBF

Credentials: 19.09.2018

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Place/Date of Birth: Santiago, Chile, September 6, 1959
Marital status: Married
Profession: Lawyer
Languages: English (fluent); French (fluent); German (advanced); Dutch (beginner)

Education

1977 – 1981: Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile; Diploma in Law

1984 – 1988: Chilean Diplomatic Academy “Andrés Bello’’

1987 – 1988: Oxford University (Sommerville College); Scholarship for Oxford Service Programme

1993 – 1995: London School of Economics and Political Science, London University; Magister in Law (LLM)

2010: Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile; Diploma in administrative Law

Professional Experience

January 1986 – September 1987: Department of Protocol, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

July 1988 – March 1993: Third Secretary, Embassy of Chile to the United Kingdom

March 1993 – August 1993: Department of Planning, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

1994 – 1995: On leave from the service

December 1995 – February 1999: Second Secretary, Cabinet of the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs

March 1997 - June 1999: Second Secretary, Embassy of Chile to Austria/ Permanent Mission to the United Nations in Vienna (UNOV)

June 1999 – February 2002: First Secretary, Embassy of Chile to the United Kingdom

February 2002 – July 2004: Head of Cabinet of the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs

July 2004 – September 2009: Counsellor, Embassy of Chile to Ireland

September 2009 – June 2011: Department of the International Court of Justice, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Chile

June 2011 – January 2014: Minister-Counsellor, Deputy Head of the Embassy of Chile to Belgium / Alternate Permanent Representative of the Mission of Chile to the European Union

January – March 2014: Coordinator for the transition of the presidential power to the elected President of Chile Mrs. Michelle Bachelet

March 2014 – March 2018: Ambassador, Director-General of the Chile State protocol

Since August 2018: Ambassador of Chile to Austria and Permanent Representative to the International Organizations in Vienna

SERBIA - H.E. Nebojša Rodić

Credentials: 16.04.2018

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Personal data:
Date and place of birth: 17th September, Vienna, Austria
Nationality: German
Marital status: Married, seven children
Religion: Roman Catholic

Employment:
April 2015 – August 2017 - CEO, HETA Asset Resolution AG, Klagenfurt, Austria
August 2012 – April 2015 - CEO, DZ Polska, Warsaw, Poland
August 2002 – July 2011 - CEO, Kölner Bank, Cologne, Germany
April 2011 – July 2022 - Board Member, Berliner Volksbank, Berlin, Germany
June 1996 – March 2002 - CEO, Ulmer Volksbank, Ulm, Germany
January 1994 – May 1996 - Board Member, Ulmer Volksbank, Ulm, Germany
December 1992 – December 1993 - Director, Ulmer Volksbank, Ulm, Germany
October 1990 – November 1992 - Team Head, Corporate Clients, Deutsche Bank Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
January 1990 – September 1990 - Deutsche Bank East Germany, Dresden, GDR
January 1988 – January 1990 - Headquarter Deutsche Bank, Düsseldorf, Germany
October 1983 – December1987 - Trainee and several Branches, Deutsche Bank
March 1981 – February 1982 - Allianz, Paris, France
September 1979 – February 1980 - Siemens South Africa, Johannesburg, South Africa
1976 – 1978 - Army, First Lieutenant

Education:
2011 – 2012 - Advanced Management Program, IESE Business School, Barcelona
1978 – 1983 - University of Applied Sciences, Diploma Industrial Engineering (Dipl.Ing.), Munich
1976 – 1978 - Advanced Technical College, Munich

Other activities and functions:
September 2002 – June 2015 - Supervisory Board, Deutsche Malteser gGmbH, Vice Chairman, Cologne, Germany
September 2002 – June 2015 - Federal Trustee Finance, MHD, Cologne, Germany
January 2005 – October 2011 - CCI Cologne, Chairman of Tax Committee, Cologne, Germany
September 2007 – December 2011 - ICC Money and Loan Committee, Berlin, Germany
Since June 1995 - Rotary Member

Languages:
German- mother tongue
English - fluent
French - conversational
Polish - basic

Fotos: Daniel Trippolt & Carina Karlovits/ beide HBF

NORWAY - H.E. Kjersti Ertresvaag Andersen

Credentials: 16.04.2018

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Personal information:
Born: 01.05.1969, Stavanger
Family: Married to Per Christian Roarson Eggen
Three children, born in 2003, 2005 and 2009

Education:
Cand. Polit.-degree. Political Science, Student Scholar Norwegian Institute of Foreign Policy. University of Oslo (1997)

Cand.-Mag.-degree, History, Political Science and Geography. University of Oslo and London School of Economics (1993)

Examen Artium, Stavanger Cathedral School, Stavanger, Norway (1989)

High School Diploma, University High School, Morgantown, West-Virginia, USA (1987)

Work experience

April 2018
Ambassador to the Republic of Austria and Permanent Representative to the International Organisations in Vienna

2014
Director General, Department of UN and Humanitarian Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Head of department responsible for UN affairs, humanitarian assistance, human rights, democracy and gender issues. Manages 1/3 of Norway’s development assistance.

2010 - 2014
Chief of Staff to the Foreign Minister, Deputy Director General, Secretariat for the Foreign Minister, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Chief of Staff to Foreign Ministers Støre, Eide and Brende.

2006 – 2010
Deputy Director General and Assistant Director General, Section for Peace and Reconciliation, Department for UN Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Responsible for Norwegian involvement in various peace and reconciliation efforts and processes.

2002 - 2006
Advisor, Secretariat for the Foreign Minister, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Advisor to the State Secretary responsible for UN and humanitarian affairs, bilateral relations to states in Latin America, Asia, Africa and the Middle East, and for Norwegian involvement in peace and reconciliation processes.

1999 - 2001
Second Secretary, Norwegian Embassy in Berlin, Germany

1997 - 1999
Foreign Service Trainee

Fotos: Daniel Trippolt & Carina Karlovits/ beide HBF

Credentials: 05.12.2017

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Born: April 21, 1957

Education:

Albert- Ludwigs – Universität Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
1992: Masters – Ethnology, Musicology and Contemporary History (concentration in German History);
Maria Curie Skłodowska – University, Lublin, Poland
1983: Diploma in music, Completed studies in musical education in the Department of Education and Psychology;

Professional Career:

2015-2017: CEO, Fundacja Uniwersytecka (Branch of KUL, the Catholic University in Lublin), Stalowa Wola, Poland
2014-2015: Foreign Affairs Advisor to the Marshal, Office of the Marshal of the Subcarpathian Voivodeship, Rzeszów, Poland
2009-2012: Consul General, Consulate General of the Republic of Poland, Cologne, Germany
2010-2012: Dean of the Consular Corps in North Rhine Westphalia, Consulate General of the Republic of Poland, Cologne, Germany
2005-2009: Co-Founder, Orenda Sp. z o.o., Warsaw, Poland organizing Polish-German cultural and education events
2005-2006, Project Leader for International Projects, Adam Mickiewicz Institute, Warsaw, Poland
2003-2004: Director of the Festival Office, Ludwig van Beethoven Easter Festival, Cracow and Warsaw, Poland. Organized the 7th and 8th editions of the festival
Since 2003: Founding Member, Ludwig van Beethoven Association, Cracow, Poland
1998-2002: Consul General, Consulate General of the Republic of Poland, Munich, Germany
1994-1998: Vice Consul and Consul for Cultural Affairs, Consulate General of the Republic of Poland, Munich, Germany
1993-1994: Director for Foreign Contracts, Editions Spotkania sp. z o.o., Warsaw, Poland
1992-1993: Senior Advisor, Bureau for National Minorities, Ministry of Culture and the Arts, Warsaw, Poland

Other:

1992: Initiated the city partnership between Kazimierz Dolny, Poland and Staufen im Breisgau, Germany.
Organized the Polish Culture Weeks in Freiburg and Staufen, Germany.
From 1984: Founding member of the GFPS e.V.- Association for Supporting Academic Stays of Polish Students in Germany (1984), a student-led crowdfunding organization supporting academic exchanges.
From 1984: Co-Founder and Vice President of the Deutsch-Polnisches Zentrum in Freiburg, Germany
From 1977: active in democratic opposition movements, including Solidarity, KOR (the Committee for the Defense of Workers), the Provisional Committee of the Independent Professional Union of Farmers and the Young Poland Movement

Interests:
Foreign policy, history, music, ecological farming;

Languages:
German, English, Russian

Fotos: Harald Minich; Peter Lechner/HBF

TAJIKISTAN - H.E. Idibek Kalandar

Credentials: 05.12.2017

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BIOGRAPHY

Walter Haffner was born in 1958 in the city of Zurich.

He studied History and American and English Literature at the University of Zurich, where he graduated in 1985.

In 1987 he joined the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs and subsequently served as trainee in Bern and Strasburg. He returned to the headquarters in 1989 where he was assigned to the Protocol Section.
In 1991 he was transferred as Deputy Head of Mission to Teheran. In August 1994 he was transferred to Washington, where he served as Cultural Attaché and by 1997 was raised to the position of Counsellor.

From July 1998 until September 1999, as the first male Diplomat in the Swiss Foreign Service, he took an unpaid educational leave to look after his four kids, one dog and one rabbit.

In October 1999 he reintegrated the Foreign Ministry’s Human Resources Department, where he was promoted Deputy Head of Personnel in June 2000. In July 2002 he was appointed Deputy Chief of the Centre for Analysis and Prospective Studies of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs with the title of Minister.

From March 2005 to February 2008 he was Deputy Chief of Mission at the Embassy of Switzerland in Berlin. In March 2008 he was appointed Ambassador of Switzerland to the State of Israel, where he served until June 2012.

From July 2012 until February 2013 he served as Ambassador of Switzerland to the Republics of Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia. In March 2013 he was appointed Ambassador of Switzerland to the Republic of Turkey.

Since October 2017 he is Ambassador of Switzerland to the Republic of Austria. Ambassador Haffner has four children and is married to Tamar Haffner.

Fotos: Harald Minich; Peter Lechner/HBF