CERCLE DIPLOMATIQUE - issue 4/2017

LE BULLETIN CREDENTIALS
Wir begrüßen die neuen Botschafter herzlich in Österreich: Willkommen!
We cordially welcome the new Ambassadors to Austria!
Heidi Alberta
Hulan
Ambassador of the Parliamentary
Monarchy Canada
H. E. H. E. H. E.
Veronika
Erte
Ambassador of the
Republic of Latvia
Marc
Ungeheuer
Ambassador of the Parliamentary
Monarchy of Luxembourg
Credentials: October 2017 Credentials: October 2017 Credentials: October 2017
Vivian Nwunaku
Rose Okeke
Ambassador of the
Republic of Nigeria
H. E. H. E. H. E. H. E.
Khalid Ibrahim
M. Al-Jindan
Ambassador of the
Monarchy of Saudi Arabia
Peter
Mišík
Ambassador of the
Slovak Republic
Juan Sunyé
Mendía
Ambassador of the
Kingdom of Spain
Credentials: October 2017 Credentials: October 2017 Credentials: October 2017 Credentials: October 2017
Born on February 10, 1973
Married, one daughter
Education
Bachelor of Arts, McGill University
Professional Career
Heidi Alberta Hulan joined the Department
of Foreign Affairs and International Trade in
1996. At Headquarters, she has worked in a
variety of assignments including Policy
Advisor to the Foreign Minister, Deputy
Director of the International Commission
on Intervention and State Sovereignty,
Director of the Peacebuilding and Human
Security Division, Director Non-Proliferation
and Disarmament Division, Director
General Non-Proliferation and Security
Threat Reduction, and most recently as
Director General, International Security
Policy. Overseas, she has served as
Minister Counsellor and Head of Political
Section at Canada’s Permanent Mission to
the UN in New York and was Deputy
Permanent Representative of Canada to
NATO from 2010-2013. She is a past
recipient of both the Minister’s Citation for
Foreign Policy Excellence and the Deputy
Minister’s Award of Excellence.
Born on June 19, 1957
Education
1980: Graduation from the State University
of Latvia with distinction
Professional Career
2016-2017: Nonresident Ambassador of the
Republic of Latvia to the Sovereign Military
Order of Malta
2015: Nonresident Ambassador of the
Republic of Latvia to the Holy See
2013: Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
Ambassador Head of State Protocol,
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador
Acting Head of State Protocol
2012-2013:Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
Director for European Department
2008-2013: nonresident Ambassador of the
Republic of Latvia to Montenegro
2008-2012: Ambassador of the Republic of
Latvia to the Republic of Hungary
2006-2008: Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
Director of the EU Department
2005-2006: Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
Deputy Director of the EU Department
2002-2005: First Secretary and Deputy
Head of Mission at the Latvian Embassy in
Vienna, Austria
1999-2002: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, First
Secretary, Division for Western European
Countries
1996-1999: Second Secretary at the Latvian
Embassy in Bonn, Germany
Born on May 19, 1961 in Differdange
Married, three children
Education
1985: Master in Business Law
1986: Master in European Law
1988: Diploma in International Relations
Professional Career
2017: Designated Ambassador of the
Grand Duchy of Luxembourg in Vienna
2014: Secretary General of the Ministry of
Foreign and European Affairs of the Grand
Duchy of Luxembourg
2013: Ambassador of the Grand Duchy of
Luxembourg to Japan
2011 –2013: Ambassador, Head of the
Delegation of the EU to Singapore
2008-2010: non-resident Ambassador to
Vietnam, Singapore, Laos, Malaysia,
ASEAN and Indonesia
2007: Ambassador of the Grand Duchy of
Luxembourg to the Kingdom of Thailand
2002-2005: Ambassador of the
Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg to the
People’s Republic of China
1998: Deputy Permanent Representative of
the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg to the
European Union (Brussels/ Belgium)
1990: Member of the Permanent
Representation of the Grand-Duchy of
Luxembourg to the European Union
1988: Joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
PHOTOS: RIGEAUD, CARINA KARLOVITS & DANIEL TRIPPOLT/HBF
Married, four children
Education
1985: University of Lagos
1982: Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria
Professional Career
2014-2017: Director Ministry of Foreign
Affairs, Headquarters Abuja.
2010-2014: Minister Embassy of the Federal
Republic of Nigeria, Washington DC
2008-2010: Deputy Director in charge of
the First Committee.
2006-2008: Special Assistant to the
Honourable Minister of Foreign Affairs
2002-2006: Head of Chancery,
Consulate-General of Nigeria, New York
1998-2001: Special Assistant to the
Honourable Minister of Foreign Affairs
1993-1998: First Secretary, Embassy of
Nigeria, Brussels-Belgium.
1986-1993: State Protocol, Dodan Barracks.
1983-1986: Ministry of Foreign Affairs as
Personal Assistant to the Director-General
1982-1983: National Youth Service Corps at
the Nigerian Institute of International
Affairs
Born in 1950, Al-Ahsaa, Saudi Arabia
Married, six children
Education
1980: PHD in Political Philosophy,
Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.
1973: MA in International Relations
1971: BA in Political Science, American
University of Beirut
Professional Career
2017: Appointed Ambassador of the
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to Austria
2016: Member of the Shura (Consultative)
Council by Royal Decree
2008-2016: Deputy-minister of Foreign
Affairs for Bilateral Relations
1995-2008: Head of the General
Department of Western Countries Affairs
1982-1985: Assigned at the Office of HRH
Minister of Foreign Affairs
1980-1982: Joined The Ministry of Foreign
Affairs and worked at the Arab Countries
Department and the Western Countries
Department
Born on April 22, 1965 in Bratislava
Married, 2 children
Education
1983-1987: Academy of Performing arts,
Bratislava, Theatre Faculty
1979-1983: Secondary Grammar School,
Bratislava
Professional Career
2017: Ambassador Extraordinary and
Plenipotentiary of the Slovak Republic to
the Republic of Austria, Permanent
Representative of the Slovak Republic to
the UN in Vienna
2015: Political Director, Ministry of Foreign
and European Affairs of the Slovak Republic
2014-2015: Director of the Foreign
Relations Department, Office of President
of the Slovak Republic
2010-2014: Permanent Mission of the Slovak
Republic to the EU, Ambassador to the
Political and Security Committee of the EU
2007-2010: Director of the CFSP
Department
2003-2007: Consulate General Munich
2002: Embassy in Berlin, Germany, Deputy
Ambassador
1999-2002: Director of NATO and WEU
Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of
the Slovak Republic
Born on June 23, 1956 in Madrid
Married, three children
Education
Degree in Law
Professional Career
2017: Ambassador of Spain in Vienna
2014: Chief Protocol
2012: Second Chief Protocol, Deputy
Director General of Official Journeys,
Ceremonial and Decorations
2011: Chief of the Technical Cabinet of the
Secretary General, Adviser at the Technical
Secretariat of the Secretary General
2005: Deputy Head of Mission at the
Spanish Embassy in Copenhagen
2001: Head of the Protocol and Ceremonial
Unit of the State Department of Protocol,
Ministry of the Presidency with organic
level of Assistant Director General
2000: Advisor to the Cabinet of the
General Secretariat
1996: Consul of Spain in New York
1991: Second Introducer of Ambassadors of
the Protocol Service, Chancellery and Orders
1990: Secretary Spanish Embassy in Bonn
1988: Head of Area in Protocol Services,
Chancellery and Orders
1987: Director of Ceremonial in Protocol
Services, Chancellery and Orders
1986: Head of the Gibraltar Affairs Section,
Directorate General Foreign Policy for Europe
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