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DIPLOMATIE
NEUE BOTSCHAFTER
EL SALVADOR
FINNLAND
ISLAND
H.E. Lucía Rosella
Magdalena
Badía de Funes
Born on 21 August
1984, El Salvador.
H.E. Hannu Veikko
Kyröläinen
Born on 9 January
1952 in Kangasniemi,
Finland. Married, one
daughter
H.E. Gréta
Gunnarsdóttir
EDUCATION
• B.A. in International Affairs from
Universidad de El Salvador
• Currently: MA in International Law,
Human Rights and Cooperation at
Instituto Europeo Campus Stellae
(Spain)
PROFESSIONAL CAREER
• 2011 – 2016: Minister Counselor for
Multilateral and Economic Affairs
and Alternate Representative to the
International Coffee Organization
(ICO) International Sugar Organization
(ISO) and International Maritime
Organization (IMO), London
• 2008 – 2011: Technical Adviser for
Bilateral Economic Affairs, Ministry
of Foreign Affairs
EDUCATION
• 1976: Master of Social Sciences
(International Affairs), University of
Tampere
PROFESSIONAL CAREER
• 2015 – 2016: Senior Expert on
Security Policy Ministry for Foreign
Affairs, Helsinki
• 2012 – 2015: Deputy to the Facilitator
for the 2012 Conference on the
Establishment of a Middle East Zone
Free of Weapons of Mass Destruction
• 2010 – 2012: Adviser on Sustainable
Development to the President of the
Republic of Finland
• 2007 – 2010: Ambassador of Finland
to the Czech Republic
• 2003 – 2007: Director General,
Department for Global Affairs, Ministry
for Foreign Affairs, Helsinki
• 1998 – 2003: Deputy Director General
for Political Affairs (Multilateral
Issues), Ministry for Foreign Affairs,
Helsinki
• 1995 – 1998: Director, Division for
Western Countries and European
Union, Department for Political
Affairs, Ministry for Foreign Affairs,
Helsinki
• 1993 – 1995: Special Assistant to the
Minister for Foreign Affairs
EDUCATION
• 1988: LLM International Legal Studies,
New York University
• 1986: Cand. Juris, University of
Iceland
PROFESSIONAL CAREER
• 2015 – 2016: Ambassador for Human
Rights, MFA, Reykjavik
• 2011– 2015: Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of Iceland
to the UN, NY
• 2007 – 2011: Director General for
International and Security Affairs,
MFA Reykjavik
• 2006 – 2007: Head, Advisory Commission
Secretariat, UNRWA, East
Jerusalem
• 2005 – 2006: Chief, Policy Analysis
Unit, UNRWA, East Jerusalem
• 2004 – 2005: Deputy Head of Mission,
Icelandic Mission to the EU,
Brussels
• 2000 – 2004: Deputy Permanent
Representative, Permanent Mission
of Iceland to the UN
• 1997 – 2000: Counsellor/Minister
Counsellor, Political Department,
MFA Reykjavik
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