Society 365 / 2014

DIPLOMATIE
NEUE BOTSCHAFTER
Diplomatenkarussell | Dezember 2013 bis Mai 2014
Die neu akkreditierten Botschafter bei Bundespräsident Dr. Heinz Fischer in der Hofburg.
ALBANIEN
GRIECHENLAND
INDIEN
H.E. Roland
Bimo
H.E. Chryssoula
Aliferi
H.E. Rajiva Misra
Born on March 31, 1954
in Tirana. Married. Two
sons.
Born in 1958 in Athens.
Married. Two sons.
Born on 04 November,
1956. Married, two
daughters.
EDUCATION
• “Qing Hua” University, Beijing,
China. Faculty of Electronic Engineering.
• Tirana University, Department of
History. Master Degree.
• Doctorate thesis “Albania and new
security architecture”
PROFESSIONAL CAREER
• 1982-86: Joined Foreign Service of
Albania
• 1986-90: Second Secretary, Embassy
of Albania in Warsaw, Poland
• 1990-92: Desk officer for East Asia,
Far East and Pacific. Director of
the Department in charge of Asia,
Pacific and USA
• 1992-94: Ambassador to the USA
• 1994-97: Ambassador to Hungary
• 1997-2002: Ambassador, Perm. Rep.
of Albania to UN, OSCE and Int.
Organisations in Vienna
• 2002-06: General Secretary of the
Albanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• 2006-09: Ambassador of Albania to
the Kingdom of the Netherlands
• 2009-10: Head of newly opened Embassy
of Albania in Brasilia, Brazil
• 2010-12: Director of the Albanian
National Institute of Diaspora at the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• 2012-13: Diplomatic Adviser to the
Chairman of the Socialist Party of
Albania
EDUCATION
• 1979: Graduated from School of Philosophy
(Classical Studies), University
of Athens, Greeces
PROFESSIONAL CAREER
• 1984-87: Directorate for Middle East
and Africa, MFA
• 1986: Member of the Greek Delegation
to the U.N., USA
• 1987-91: Embassy of Greece in
Damascus
• 1991-94: Embassy of Greece in Sofia
• 1994-98: Deputy Director at the ST1
Personnel Directorate and then
Head of Cabinet of the Secretary
General for Administration and
Organization
• 1998-2003: Deputy Head of Mission
at the Embassy of Greece in Vienna
and at the Perm. Mission of Greece
to the United Nations in Vienna
• 2003-06: Consul General in Johannesburg,
South Africa
• 2006-07: Deputy Director of C2 Directorate
for European Integration
and Economic & Monetary Policy
• 2007: Alternate Director of C4 Directorate
for Justice, Home Affairs and
Schengen, MFA
• 2007-08: Director of C4 European
Directorate for Justice, Home Affairs
and Schengen, MFA
• 2008-14: Director of A7 Directorate
for North America, MFA
EDUCATION
• Studied English literature and
History, Banaras Hindu University,
Varanasi; Jawaharlal Nehru University,
New Delhi
PROFESSIONAL CAREER
• 1980: Joined the Indian Foreign
Service; Ambassador Misra served
in different capacities at India’s
Embassies and Consulates in Paris,
San Francisco, Thimphu
• 1993-95: Director at the Afghanistan-
Iran desk in the Ministry of External
Affairs
• 1995-98: Director to the Ministry of
Finance
• 2001-03: Head of the Division of
Multilateral Economic Relations,
MEA
• 2003-06: India’s Deputy Chief of Mission
to the World Trade Organization
(WTO), Geneva
• 2006-09: Ambassador to Croatia
• 2009-10: Head of the United Nations
Division, MEA
• 2010-14: Ambassador to Slovakia
FOTOS: HBF
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