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DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - H.E. Laura Virginia Faxas de Jorgensen
Credentials: 05.07.2021
Born on February 7, 1954 in San Francisco de Macorís, Dominican Republic
Married to Eric Jorgensen
One daughter: Ema Lou Jorgensen
EDUCATION
Bachelor in Sociology, Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo (UASD), 1980
Master in Social Sciences, specialization in Labor Sociology, Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales (FLACSO-MEXICO), 1982
PhD in Sociology, Ecole de Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (EHESS), Paris, 1996
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
December 2020-current
Ambassador to the Republic of Austria
July-December 2020
Ambassador, Advisor to the Minister of Foreign Affairs
2017-2020
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Kingdom of Sweden, with concurrent accreditation to Denmark, Finland and Norway
2009-2013
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the French Republic, with concurrent accreditation to the Principality of Monaco and Burkina Faso
1996-2000 / 2004-2010 and 2013-2016
Ambassador, Permanent Representative to the UNESCO
Other positions and functions:
* Professor of Sociology in many international academic institutions.
* Member of the Executive Secretariat of the Presidential Commission for the Reform and Modernization of the State (responsible of the Political Reform).
Languages:
Spanish (mother tongue), bilingual French-Spanish, English
Publications:
-2019: Laura Faxas, Yvon Le Bot and Ernesto Ottone (eds)” Los avatares de la democracia en la globalización”, FUNGLODE Editorial, UNESCO Chair/ Iglobal, Colegio de Estudios Mundiales (FMSH).
-2019: Laura Faxas and Claire Guillemin (eds)” Nuevas dinámicas sociopolíticas y jóvenes en el Caribe”, FUNGLODE Editorial, UNESCO Chair/ Iglobal, Instituto de las Américas.
-2005: “République dominicaine. Système Politique et Mouvement Populaire. 1961-1990”., Toulouse, Presse Universitaire du Mirail.
Other Publications:
Multiple publications in the areas of Urban Services, Migration, Agrarian Affairs, Political Reform, Political Sociology, Social Movements.
Fotos: Peter Lechner/HBF und Lukas Hardt-Stremayr
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