SOCIETY 375

SOCIETY
Lao People’s Democratic Republic
H.E. Sithong Chitnhothinh
Born on June 5, 1956
EDUCATION
1985: Bachelor in Hungarian Language and Literature at
Jozsef Attila University, Hungary
CAREER
1986: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Lao PDR
1986-1990: Desk officer, Lao-Hungarian Relations, MOFA
1991-1994: Third Secretary of the Embassy of the Lao PDR
in Warsaw
1994: Acting Director of European Division, MOFA
1995: Director of South East Asia-Pacific and ASEAN Division,
MOFA
1995-1999: First Secretary, Deputy Chief of the Embassy of
Lao PDR in Bangkok
1999-2002: Deputy Director General and later Acting Director
General of Asia-Pacific and Africa Department
2002-2007: Director General of Asia-Pacific & Africa Dept.
2007-2012: Ambassador to Japan
Namibia
H.E. Nada Kruger
Born on October 12, 1960
EDUCATION
1981: Bachelor Degree, 1982 Postgraduate Diploma in
Translation end Editing
CAREER
1995: Foreign Relations Officer in the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs in Windhoek, in 2007 she became Chief Officer
2000-2005: First Secretary at the Embassy/Permanent Mission
of Namibia to Austria and the UN Office at Vienna
2008-2011: First Secretary at the Embassy of Namibia to
Sweden
2014-2015: First Secretary of the Permanent Mission of
Namibia to the UN Office in Geneva
2015-2018: Deputy Director, Southern Africa, Ministry of
International Relations and Cooperation
Since March 19, 2019 she is Ambassador of Namibia to
Austria and to the International Organisations in Vienna
Furthermore, she is appointed to the Namibia National
Refugees Committee and the Committee on the Covenant
for Human and Political Affairs
2012-2014: Director General of Press Department, MOFA
2014-2018: Ambassador to Germany
Since January 2019: Ambassador to Austria & Permanent
Representative to the International Organisations in Vienna
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