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BOTSCHAFTER

Botschafter

Malta MALTA - H.E. Francesca Camilleri Vettiger Credentials: 10.03.2026 Born on February 18, 1991 Married PROFESSIONAL CAREER 2026 – Present – Ambassador of Malta to the Federal Republic of Austria, and Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Malta to the OSCE, the United Nations and other International Organisations in Vienna 2025 President of the Committee of Ministers’ Deputies (during Malta’s Presidency of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe) 2023 – 2026 Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Malta to the Council of Europe, and President of the Executive Committee of the North-South Centre of the Council of Europe, Strasbourg 2020 – 2023 Deputy Permanent Representative of Malta to the Council of Europe, First Counsellor, Permanent Representation of Malta to the Council of Europe, Strasbourg (in this role also served as Chargée d’Affaires a.i. from December 2020 until May 2021) 2019 – 2020mCounsellor, Permanent Representation of Malta to the Council of Europe, Strasbourg 2019 Coordinator for International Human Rights Law matters, Directorate General Global Issues, International Development and Economic Affairs, Ministry for Foreign Affairs and Trade Promotion, Valletta 2016 – 2017 Senior Policy Officer to the World Trade Organisation (ahead of and during Malta’s Presidency of the Council of the EU), Permanent Representation of Malta to the United Nations and other International Organisations, Geneva 2015 – 2016 Coordinator for Legal, EU and Local Parliamentary Affairs of the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for European Affairs, Ministry for European Affairs, Valletta 2013 – 2015 Trainee Lawyer, PiscoPartners Law Firm, Valletta and Zurich 2013 – 2015 Pupillage in Court Litigation, SZA Law Firm, Valletta EDUCATION 2022 Master of Science in Global Health Policy (with highest distinction in thesis), the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine within the University of London, London 2018 Master of Laws in Public International Law with a specialisation in International Human Rights Law (with highest distinction in thesis), Utrecht University, Utrecht 2016 Warrant to practise law as an Advocate in the Courts of Justice of Malta 2015 Advanced training in Negotiations, College of Europe, Bruges 2015 Doctor of Laws, University of Malta, Msida 2014 Exchange Semester at the Alexander Blewett III School of Law, University of Montana, Missoula 2013 Diploma of Notary Public, University of Malta, Msida 2012 Bachelor of Laws with European Studies, University of Malta, Msida PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATION Compulsory Vaccinations for Children: Balancing the Competing Human Rights at Stake (2019) Netherlands Quarterly of Human Rights, 37(3), 245–267 LANGUAGES Bilingual in English and Maltese, with intermediate knowledge of Italian and French, and passive knowledge of German and Spanish. Fotos: Klima & Pusch/HBF MEHR ANZEIGEN

Botschafter

Malta

MALTA - H.E. Francesca Camilleri Vettiger

Credentials: 10.03.2026

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Born on February 18, 1991
Married

PROFESSIONAL CAREER

2026 – Present – Ambassador of Malta to the Federal Republic of Austria, and Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Malta to the OSCE, the United Nations and other International Organisations in Vienna

2025 President of the Committee of Ministers’ Deputies (during Malta’s Presidency of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe)

2023 – 2026 Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Malta to the Council of Europe, and President of the Executive Committee of the North-South Centre of the Council of Europe, Strasbourg

2020 – 2023 Deputy Permanent Representative of Malta to the Council of Europe, First Counsellor, Permanent Representation of Malta to the Council of Europe, Strasbourg (in this role also served as Chargée d’Affaires a.i. from December 2020 until May 2021)

2019 – 2020mCounsellor, Permanent Representation of Malta to the Council of Europe, Strasbourg

2019 Coordinator for International Human Rights Law matters, Directorate General Global Issues, International Development and Economic Affairs, Ministry for Foreign Affairs and Trade Promotion, Valletta

2016 – 2017 Senior Policy Officer to the World Trade Organisation (ahead of and during Malta’s Presidency of the Council of the EU), Permanent Representation of Malta to the United Nations and other International Organisations, Geneva

2015 – 2016 Coordinator for Legal, EU and Local Parliamentary Affairs of the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for European Affairs, Ministry for European Affairs, Valletta

2013 – 2015 Trainee Lawyer, PiscoPartners Law Firm, Valletta and Zurich

2013 – 2015 Pupillage in Court Litigation, SZA Law Firm, Valletta

EDUCATION

2022 Master of Science in Global Health Policy (with highest distinction in thesis), the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine within the University of London, London

2018 Master of Laws in Public International Law with a specialisation in International Human Rights Law (with highest distinction in thesis), Utrecht University, Utrecht

2016 Warrant to practise law as an Advocate in the Courts of Justice of Malta

2015 Advanced training in Negotiations, College of Europe, Bruges

2015 Doctor of Laws, University of Malta, Msida

2014 Exchange Semester at the Alexander Blewett III School of Law, University of Montana, Missoula

2013 Diploma of Notary Public, University of Malta, Msida

2012 Bachelor of Laws with European Studies, University of Malta, Msida

PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATION

Compulsory Vaccinations for Children: Balancing the Competing Human Rights at Stake (2019) Netherlands Quarterly of Human Rights, 37(3), 245–267

LANGUAGES

Bilingual in English and Maltese, with intermediate knowledge of Italian and French, and passive knowledge of German and Spanish.

Fotos: Klima & Pusch/HBF

Malta MALTA - H.E. Francesca Camilleri Vettiger

Credentials: 10.03.2026

Malta

MALTA - H.E. Francesca Camilleri Vettiger