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NIGERIA - H.E. Suleiman Dauda Umar

Credentials: 05.07.2021

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Born on December 3, 1963 in Zaria, Nigeria

Married with children

EDUCATION

1985: LL.B (Hons.), Jos.

1986: Barrister at Law (B.L.), Lagos

1987: N.Y.S.C. Discharge Certificate

1994: Post Grad Certificate in Diplomacy, Lagos

2015: MA (International Politics), Brussels

2016: Advanced Certificate in Strategic Negotiation, Brussels

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

January 1, 2019 – June 2020:
Director, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Headquarters, Abuja

September 24, 2017 – June 19, 2018:
Ag. Director European Affairs Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Headquarters Abuja

April 26, 2012 – June 30, 2014:
Assistant Director, (Protocol, Administration), Office of the Vice President of Nigeria, State House, Aso Villa

November 4, 2011 – April 25, 2012:
Assistant Director, Foreign Service Inspectorate, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Headquarters Abuja

March 1, 2007 – October 13, 2008:
Assistant Chief Foreign Affairs Officer Grade IV (Discipline) Posting and Discipline Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Abuja

January 1, 2001 – April 24, 2003:
Foreign Affairs Officer Grade V, Legal and Treaties Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Zone 3 Wuse, Abuja

September 24, 2000 – December 31, 2000:
Foreign Affairs Officer Grade VI, Legal and Treaties Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Zone 3 Wuse, Abuja

January 1, 1996 (Desk Officer, Appointments, Promotion and Establishment Department from 1996-1998):
Foreign Affairs Officer Grade VI, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Abuja

December 31, 1994 – December 31, 1995:
Foreign Affairs Officer Grade VII, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Abuja

January 6, 1993 – January 5, 1995 (Desk Officer Inter African Affairs Department):
Foreign Affairs Officer Grade VIII, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Abuja

AT POST

June 2020 till to date:
Appointed and confirmed as Ambassador to Austria by Mr President

June 19, 2018 - May 2020:
Consul-General, Consulate General of Nigeria, Frankfurt, Germany

February 8, 2016 – September 24, 2017:
Chargé d’Affaires, a.i., Embassy/Permanent Mission of Nigeria to the Royal Kingdom of Belgium, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, European Union and ACP Group of States resident in Brussels

July 2, 2014 – September 24, 2017:
Minister (Consular and Immigration), Embassy/Permanent Mission of Nigeria to the Royal Kingdom of Belgium, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, European Union and ACP Group of States resident in Brussels

February 3, 2010 – October 30, 2011:
Minister – Multi-Lateral (UNODC, UNIDO, UNCITRAL) and Head of Chancery, Embassy/Permanent Mission of Nigeria, Vienna, Austria

October 13, 2008 – February 3, 2010:
Minister Counsellor (Protocol)/DCOP Nigeria High Commission London

September 16, 2003 – February 28, 2007:
Consul (Counsellor), Consular and Immigration, Protocol, Consulate-General of Nigeria, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

April 25, 2003 – September 15, 2003:
Counsellor, (Consular, Protocol and Head of Chancery) Embassy of Nigeria, Tunis, Tunisia

October 27, 1998 – September 23, 2000:
Consul-General, Consulate General of Nigeria, Frankfurt, Germany, June 19, 2018 – May 2020 First Secretary/Desk Officer, Economic, Trade and Protocol Embassy of Nigeria, Cairo, Egypt

Languages: English, Hausa

Fotos: Peter Lechner/HBF und Lukas Hardt-Stremayr

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Credentials: 14.06.2019

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Born on July 27, 1953

Education

Ecclesiastical Studies; Graduation in Theology
1980: received the priestly ordination
1984: Doctorate in Canon Law

Professional Career

2014: Apostolic Nuncio in Lithuania, Estonia and Latvia
2013: Apostolic Nuncio for special use in the General Affairs Section of the State Secretariat
2009: Apostolic Nuncio to Canada
2003: Apostolic Nuncio to India and Nepal
2002: Titular Archbishop of Agropoli
1998: Assessor of General Affairs of the State Secretariat
1984: entered Diplomatic Service of the Holy See
He served in the Papal Representations in Madagascar, the Philippines, India and in the Department of General Affairs of the State Secretariat.

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

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ARMENIA - H.E. Armen Papikyan

Credentials: 19.03.2019

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Date and Place of Birth:
November 22, 1973 in Yerevan

Marital status:
Married with 2 children

EDUCATION
2000 Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University, Boston, USA
1990-1995 Faculty of International Relations (Specialisation in International Relations and History), “Gladzor” University, Yerevan, Armenia

Fellowship Programs
2001 NATO Defense College, Italy
1999 George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies, Germany

WORK EXPERIENCE

2018
has been re-appointed as the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs by the decision of the Prime Minister

2016
has been appointed as the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs by the decree of the President

2016
Head of Rapporteurs Group (Committee) on Programme, Budget and Administration of Council of Europe

2011 – 2016
Permanent Representative of the Republic of Armenia to the Council of Europe (residence in Strasbourg)

2013
Chairman of the Committee of the Ministers’ Deputies of the Council of Europe

2011 Counsellor, European Department, MFA, Armenia

2007 – 2011
Counsellor, Permanent Representation of the Republic of Armenia to the OSCE; Deputy Chief of the Mission

2005 – 2007
Head of Conventional Arms Control Division, Arms Control and International Security Department, MFA, Armenia

2002 – 2005
Second Secretary, Embassy of Armenia in Switzerland (residence in Geneva)

2002 – 2005
Second Secretary, Permanent Representation of the Republic of Armenia to the United Nations Office in Geneva

1999 – 2002
Second Secretary, NATO Division, Arms Control and International Security Department, MFA, Armenia

1997 – 1999
Attaché and Third Secretary, Bilateral Military Cooperation Division, Military-Political Department, MFA, Armenia

Foreign languages:
English, French, Russian

Fotos: Carina Karlovits und Laura Heinschink/HBF

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TURKEY - H.E. Ümit Yardim

Credentials: 19.03.2019

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Born on April 27, 1961, in Balıkesir/Turkey

Nationality: Turkish
Status: Married, 2 children

EDUCATION

BA, Boğaziçi University, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Department of Political Sciences.

MA, Gazi University, Faculty of Political Sciences, Department of International Relations

Honorary PhD, Institute of Fine Arts, Baku, Azerbaijan

PROFESSIONAL CAREER

2016-2018
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ankara - Ambassador- Deputy Undersecretary for Culture, Eastern Europe, Asia and Sub-Sahara Africa Affairs

2014-2016
Embassy of Turkey in Moscow - Ambassador

2010-2014
Permanent Representative of Turkey in ECO (Economic Cooperation Organization) - Tehran

2010-2014
Embassy of Turkey in Tehran - Ambassador

2008-2010
Consulate General of Turkey in Stuttgart/Germany - Consul General

2006-2008
Deputy for Central Asia and Caucasus - Deputy Director General

2004-2006
Consulate General of Turkey in Gümülcine/Greece - Consul General

2002-2004
Embassy of Turkey in Lisbon - Minister Counsellor

2000-2002
Department of Eastern Europe - Head of Department

1997-2000
Embassy of Turkey in Baku - Counsellor

1995-1997
Embassy of Turkey in Athens - First Secretary

1993-1995
Department of Slavic Countries - First Secretary

1990-1993
Embassy of Turkey in Moscow - Second Secretary

1988-1990
Embassy of Turkey in Islamabad - Third Secretary

1986-1988 Department of Economic Relations - Third Secretary

1985-86 Military Service Ankara

1985 Department of Eastern Europe - Political Officer

Languages: Turkish, English

Fotos: Carina Karlovits und Laura Heinschink/HBF

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NAMIBIA - H.E. Nada Kruger

Credentials: 19.03.2019

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Date of birth: 12 October 1960
Citizenship: Namibian
Marital status: Married

FORMAL EDUCATION

BA degree 1981
Postgraduate Diploma in Translation and Editing 1982

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

1 Jan 1984:
Language Practitioner: Dept. of National Education, Windhoek

1 May 1985:
Meetings Administrator, Academy for Tertiary Education, Windhoek

1 January 1987:
Research and Publications Officer, Bureau of Research, Academy for Tertiary Education, Windhoek

June 1993:
Office Manager: Multidisciplinary Research Centre, University of Namibia, Windhoek

May 1994:
Office Manager: Ecumenical Institute for Namibia, University of Namibia, Windhoek

1 January 1995:
Foreign Relations Officer: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Windhoek

1 December 2007:
Chief Foreign Relations Officer, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Windhoek

1 January 2015-2018:
Deputy Director: Southern Afric a, Ministry of International Relations and
Cooperation

DIPLOMATIC ASSIGNMENTS

2000 - 2005:
First Secretary, Embassy/Permanent Mission of Namibia to Austria and the UN Office at Vienna

2008-2011:
First Secretary, Embassy of Namibia to Sweden

2014 - 2015:
First Secretary, Permanent Mission of Namibia to the UN Office in Geneva (returned to take up promotion position)

APPOINTMENT TO NATIONAL COMMITTEES

Namibia National Refugees Committee
Committee on the Covenant for Haman and Political Affairs

Languages:
English, Afrikaans
Basic German, and French

Fotos: Carina Karlovits und Laura Heinschink/HBF

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Her Excellency Anabella Guardia de Rubinoff is the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Austria, Permanent Representative to the United Nations and other International Organisations in Vienna.

Prior to assuming this position, she was Ambassador of the National Council for Foreign Affairs (CONAREX), the consultation instance of the Ministry of Foreing Affairs of Panama, related to the Panamanian foreign policy, chaired by the Vice-president of Panama and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Isabel Saint Malo de Alvarado.

From 2011 until her appointment as Ambassador, she was a member of the Board of Directors of the Democracy and Freedom Foundation of Panama, whose flagship project is the Museum of Freedom and Human Rights in Panama City.

Ambassador Guardia de Rubinoff was founder and member of the Board of Directors of the Association of Women Corporate Directors of Panama (WCD-Panamá), an organisation formed by professional women, members of boards of directors.

Between 1996 and 2001, she was a member of the Board of Directors of Corporación La Prensa, Editorial Director and publisher of the newspaper La Prensa, and from 2000 to 2001, she was elected president of the Board of Directors.

Fotos: Clemens Schwarz & Carina Karlovits/ HBF

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USA - H.E. Trevor D. Traina

Credentials: 24.05.2018

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On January 22, 2018, President Donald J. Trump nominated Trevor D. Traina of California to be United States Ambassador to the Republic of Austria. Ambassador Traina was confirmed by the United States Senate on March 22, 2018, and was sworn in on March 29, 2018. He arrived in Austria on May 18, 2018, and presented his credentials to Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen on May 24, 2018.

Ambassador Traina has a long history building innovative companies from the ground up. Prior to his appointment as America’s representative to Austria, Ambassador Traina was a technology entrepreneur and philanthropist based in San Francisco. Ambassador Traina’s first foray into tech entrepreneurship was as the founder of CompareNet, Inc., the original online product comparison platform, which was sold to Microsoft in 1999. He was chairman of StepUp Commerce, which was sold to Intuit in 2006. He founded Schema Logic, which was sold to SmartLogic in 2011. He co-founded DriverSide, a venture-funded startup in the online automotive space, which was sold to Advance Auto Parts in August 2011. In 2011 he founded Traina Interactive, which operates the unique life experiences provider, IfOnly.com.

Ambassador Traina served on many charitable boards including the Haas School of Business at the University of California Berkeley, the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, the Princeton University Art Museum, the Gladstone Institute for Medical Research, San Francisco’s Grace Cathedral, and Venetian Heritage. He also previously served on the board of the Dow Foundation, a $500 million family foundation, and on the City of San Francisco’s technology advisory council.

Ambassador Traina earned a bachelor’s degree from Princeton University and a special diploma in social studies from Saint Catherine’s College at Oxford in the United Kingdom. He received a master’s degree in business administration from the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley.

Ambassador Traina is married to Alexis S. Traina. They have two children.

Fotos: Clemens Schwarz & Carina Karlovits/ HBF

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MONTENEGRO - H.E. Željko Perović

Credentials: 16.04.2018

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Personal Data

Date of Birth : 13.01.1968

Place of Birth : Kuala Lipis, Pahang Darul Makmur

Languages : Bahasa Malaysia, English, Tamil, Spanish (basic)

Family : Married to Gowri Kirubamoorthy and blessed with 1
son Gurubharan Ganeson

Career History

August 2015 – January 2018

January 2015 - Aug 2015

Undersecretary for East Asia Division,
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Malaysia

Undersecretary for Africa Division,
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Malaysia
July 2011 - January 2015
Ambassador of Malaysia to Chile (with concurrent accreditation to Ecuador)

January 2008 - July 2011
Undersecretary for Multilateral Political Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Malaysia

April 2004 - January 2008
Counselor, Permanent Mission of Malaysia to the United Nations, New York

November 2002 - April 2004

Principal Assistant Secretary,
Multilateral Economic and Environment Division,
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Malaysia

August 2000 - November 2002
Assistant Secretary, Development and Environmental Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Malaysia

September 1996 - July 2000
Second Secretary and Head of Chancery - Malaysian High Commission in Papua New Guinea

July 1995 - September 1996
Assistant Secretary, East Asia, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Career Highlights :

Core Member of the negotiating team with DPRK and Facilitator for the return of the Malaysians detained in Pyongyang on March 2017
Head of Conference Services for the 27th ASEAN Summit and related Summits, Kuala Lumpur in 2016

Spearheaded the establishment of the ASEAN Committee in Santiago, Chile in 2012

Chairman of substantive Committee for the Langkawi International Dialogue, Putrajaya in 2011
Advisor to the Chairman of the Commonwealth Eminent Persons Group, Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi from 2010 to 2011

Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM), Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago in 2009

Summit Non-Aligned Movement, Sharm al-Sheikh, Egypt in 2009

Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group (Malaysia held the Chairmanship) in May 2009

Non-Aligned Movement Ministerial Conference, Havana, Cuba in April 2009

Non-Aligned Movement Ministerial Conference, Tehran, Iran in July 2008

Chairman of the Ad Hoc Committee on the Administration of Justice at the United Nations from 2007 to 2011

Chair of the Working Group of the Administration of Justice from 2007 to 2011

Chairman of resumed session of the Sixth Committee of the 61st UN General Assembly in March 2007

Vice Chair of the XX State Parties of the Law of the Sea
In 2007

Vice Chair of the Ad Hoc Committee on the criminal accountability of United Nations officials and experts on mission in 2006 to 2007
Vice Chair of the Working Group of the Sixth Committee on the criminal accountability of United Nations officials and experts on mission in 2006 - 2007
Vice Chair of the Sixth Committee of the 61st UN General Assembly in 2006
Member of the Committee on the relations with the Host Country from 2004 to 2007
Ninth Conference to the UN of the to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, Milan, Italy in December 2003

Nineteenth session of the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA), Milan, Italy in December 2003

Nineteenth session of the Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI), Milan, Italy in December 2003
Eighteenth session of the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA) and Eighteenth session of the Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI), Bonn Germany in June 2003

Eight Conference to the UN of the to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, New Delhi, India in October 2002

Seventeenth and Technological Advice (SBSTA), of UNFCCC, and Seventeenth session of the Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI), New Delhi, India in October 2002

Sixteenth session of the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA and Sixteenth session of the Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI), Bonn Germany in June 2007

14th Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer and the 6th Conference of the Parties to the Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer, Rome, Italy in November 2003

World Summit on Sustainable Development, Johannesburg, South Africa in August 2002

Commission on Sustainable Development acting
as the preparatory committee for the World Summit on
Sustainable Development from January 2002 to March 2002

Thirteenth Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement, Kuala Lumpur in 2002

Experience,
Exposure and : Represented Malaysia at numerous international
Expertise meetings and conferences on environment, international law, peace-keeping and terrorism and has developed certain level of expertise on these issues

Education Background:

1995 : Diploma in Public Administration,
Institute Tadbiran Awam Negara,
Malaysia

1993 : Advance Diploma in Business and
Management,
Swansea Institute of Higher Education,
University of Wales, UK

1992 : Bachelor of Arts Hons – History,
University Malaya, Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia

Awards : Ahli Ahmad Shah Pahang (AAP), 2011

: Darjah Indera Mahkota Pahang (DIMP), 2015 - which carries the title Dato

Fotos: Daniel Trippolt & Carina Karlovits/ beide HBF

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BIOGRAPHY

In 2017, Ambassador Khojesta Fana Ebrahimkhel has been appointed as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan to the Republic of Austria and as Permanent/Resident Representative to the United Nations and other International and Regional Organizations in Vienna.

Madam Ambassador shall represent Afghanistan in Austria and five other countries covered by the Afghan Embassy in Vienna, namely Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Hungary, Liechtenstein, and Slovenia and promote the multilateral agenda with the Vienna-based organizations including CTBTO, IACA, IAEA, ICMPD, INCB, OSCE, UNIDO, UNOV/UNODC.

Ambassador Ebrahimkhel started her diplomatic career in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 2006, first as Deputy Chief of Staff, then as Chief of Staff and Advisor to the Minister. She later served as Counsellor at the Afghan Embassy in Washington, D.C., where she also acted as Chargé d’Affaires a.i., as well as Director-General of the Office of Human Rights and Women’s International Affairs. She also founded the Afghan Women Diplomats’ Association.

Prior to her diplomatic career, Ambassador Ebrahimkhel worked as an attorney in the office of the Attorney-General in Kabul, as a crime investigator in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Kabul, and – later, in Germany – campaigned as a social activist for Afghan refugees and for women’s rights, actively participated in the German-Afghan Association, the German Lawyers’ Association, and Germany’s International Women’s Club, while acting as a lecturer and panelist, and published articles on women’s rights.

Ambassador Ebrahimkhel holds a bachelor degree in Political Science, with specialization in Law and Diplomacy, from Kabul University, Afghanistan and studied German, Mathematics, Chemistry and Physics at Karlsruhe University, Germany, from where she also obtained a Certificate in Social Sciences. Further training includes diplomacy courses and management seminars in Malaysia and the United States.

She is fluent in Dari and Pashto, as well as in German and English.

Ambassador Khojesta Fana Ebrahimkhel is married to Mr. Abdul Naser Ebrahimkhel and they have four children.

Fotos: Harald Minich; Peter Lechner/HBF

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LEBANON - H.E. Ibrahim Assaf

Credentials: 05.12.2017

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BIOGRAPHY

Born on 05.04.1968
Married, 3 children

Education:

Holder of a Bachelor’s Degree in Philosophy.

1993: Graduated from the “National Institute of Administration” in Beirut

Professional Career:

Since November 2017:
Ambassador of Lebanon to Austria and Permanent Representative to the United Nations and other International Organizations in Vienna

2012-2017:
Counsellor and Chargé d’Affaires of Lebanon in Bahrain

2010-2011:
“Security Council Political Coordinator” of the Permanent Mission of Lebanon to the United Nations in New York

2008-2009:
The Directorate General of the Presidency of the Republic of Lebanon

2000-2006:
Permanent Mission of Lebanon in New York. Between 2005 – 2006 he was Deputy Permanent Representative and Chargé d’Affaires of the mission

1996-2000:
Secretary of Embassy and then Chargé d’Affaires, a.i. of the Embassy of Lebanon in Sierra Leone

1994-1995:
Attaché at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants in Beirut

Publications:
In 2009, he published a Book entitled “The Last Assassination”, regarding UN Documents on the Investigation of Rafic Hariri Assassination.

Languages: Arabic, English, French

Fotos: Harald Minich; Peter Lechner/HBF

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PORTUGAL - H.E. António de Almeida Ribeiro

Credentials: 05.12.2017

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BIOGRAPHY

Ambassador António de Almeida Ribeiro was born in Lisbon on 22/08/55. He is married to Isabel Cordovil de Almeida Ribeiro and has two sons.

He graduated in 1976 from the Faculty of Law (Legal and Political Sciences), University of Coimbra.

He joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1979 where he held a wide variety of positions.

1979 Attaché of Embassy, MFA

1981 Adviser for International Relations at the Office of the President of the Republic

1983 Embassy of Portugal in Rome; Alternate Representative to FAO

1986 Auditor of the NATO Defence College

1988 Deputy Head of Mission at the Embassy in Praia (Cape Verde)

1991 Adviser to the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation

1992 Head of Cabinet of the Undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs

1994 Consul-General in London

1998 Deputy DG for Bilateral Relations at the MFA

1999 DG for Administration at the MFA

2002 Ambassador in Argentina; non resident Ambassador to Bolivia and Paraguay

2007 Ambassador to Egypt; non resident Ambassador to Jordan and the Sudan

2009 Ambassador to the EU Political and Security Committee (PSC) and Permanent Representative to the WEU.

2010 Full Rank Ambassador

2011 DG for External Policy at the MFA (Political Director)

2011 Secretary-General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

2013 Ambassador to the Holy See

2013 Ambassador to the Sovereign Order of Malta

2017 Ambassador of Portugal to Austria (designate)

2017 Permanent Representative of Portugal to the United Nations (Vienna)
Resident Representative to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and Governor from Portugal on the Board of Governors
Permanent Representative to the Preparatory Commission to the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO)

He is awarded, among others, with the following decorations:
- Grand Cross of the Military Order of the Christ
- Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of Portugal
- Grand Cross of the Pian Order of the Holy See
- Grand Cross of the Order “Libertador San Martín” of Argentina
- Grand Cross of the Order of the Independence of Jordan
- Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of Peru
- Grand Cross of the “pro Merito Melitensi” Order of the Sovereign and Military Order of Malta
- Commander of the Order of Merit of Austria
- Commander of the Order of Leopoldo II of Belgium
- Commander of the Order of the Republic of Egypt
- Commander of the Order of the Phoenix of Greece
- Officer of the Order of Merit of Italy
- Knight of the “Legion d’ Honneur” of France

Fotos: Harald Minich; Peter Lechner/HBF

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SLOVENIA - H.E. Ksenija Škrilec

Credentials: 05.12.2017

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BIOGRAPHY

Date and place of birth: 26th August 1966, Murska Sobota

Education and Qualifications

2010 Andrássy University Budapest
Interdisciplinary PhD Studies in International Relations (Absolutorium)

1994-1997 University of Economics, Budapest Institute for International Studies
(BIGIS); Master in International Relations and Diplomacy

1985-1990 Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Faculty of Arts
Masters in Hungarian and German Philology

1985-1986 Friedrich Schiller University, Jena, Exchange Semester

1981-1985 Secondary Arts School Franc Miklošič, Ljutomer

1973-1981 Bilingual Primary School Drago Lugarič, Lendava

Work Experience

11 Sept 2017 Ambassador Designate of the Republic of Slovenia to the Republic of Austria

2014-2017 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Slovenia
to the Republic of Bulgaria with residence in Budapest

2013-2017 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of
Slovenia to Hungary

2011-2013 Ministry for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Slovenia, Minister
Plenipotentiary, Head of Global Challenges Department

2010-2011 MFA, Department for Economic Promotion; Team Leader for
Business Delegations

2004-2010 Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia, Budapest, also accredited to
Moldova, Bulgaria; Economic Counsellor. Chargé d'Affaires (Jun-Sept 2006,
Dec 2008-May 2009)

2002-2004 MFA, Department for Neighbouring Countries; Counsellor, Desk for
Austria, Coordinator for Slovenian-Austrian Historians and Lawyers
Expert Group

1998-2002 Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia, Budapest, also accredited to Ukraine, Moldova, Bulgaria; First/Second Secretary (Press, Culture, Minorities,
Education, Protocol)

1992-1998 Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia, Budapest, Attaché

1991-1992 Eurocom Corporate PR, Düsseldorf, Representative Office Budapest
Assistant to the Representative in Hungary

Additional Information
Languages: Slovenian, Hungarian – mother tongue, German, English, Serbo-Croat –
fluent written and spoken, Spanish – intermediate

Mother of two children
Studied Piano at Lendava Music School (1974-1981)
Special interests: arts, classical music, literature

Fotos: Harald Minich; Peter Lechner/HBF

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SWITZERLAND - H.E. Walter Haffner

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

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