CERCLE DIPLOMATIQUE - issue 03/2023

LE BULLETIN CREDENTIALS
Wir begrüßen die neuen Botschafter herzlich in Österreich: Willkommen!
We cordially welcome the new Ambassadors to Austria!
Larbi
Latroch
H.E.
Ambassador of the People‘s
Democratic Republic of Algeria
Credentials: June 2023
H.E.
Isabel de Jesus da
Costa Godinho
Ambassador of the Republic of
Angola
Credentials: June 2023
H.E.
Ian David
Graing Biggs
Ambassador of the
Commonwealth of Australia
Credentials: June 2023
H.E.
Maimounata
Ouattara
Ambassador of the Republic of
Burkina Faso
Credentials: June 2023
Yacouba
Cissé
H.E.
Ambassador of the Republic of
Côte d‘Ivoire
Credentials: June 2023
H.E.
Vasco Mushe
Samupofu
Ambassador of the Republic of
Namibia
Credentials: June 2023
H.E.
Evangelina
Lourdes A. Bernas
Ambassador of the Republic of
Philippines
Credentials: June 2023
Date of birth remains private
Married, four children
Born on September 17, 1962
Divorced, two adult children
Born on November 11, 1963
Married, two children
Born on February 19, 1972
Two children
Born on January 11, 1963
Married, four children
Born on May 4 , 1967
Born in 1971
Married, one son
Professional Career
2022 - present Advisor to the Presidency of the
Republic
2020 - 2021 Director General of Protocol,
Foreign Ministry
2014 - 2020 Ambassador to Angola, Sao Tome
and Principe with residence in Luanda, Angola
2009 - 2014 Director of Human Resources,
Foreign Ministry
2004 -2009 General Consul in Istanbul, Türkiye
2003 - 2004 Deputy Director of Sustainable
Development, General Directorate of Multilateral
Relations, Foreign Ministry
1999 - 2003 Minister Counsellor, Embassy in
Berlin, Germany
1995 - 1999 Deputy Director of Communication,
Deputy Spokesperson, Foreign Ministry
1994 - 1995 Head of Office of sub-regional
Organizations, General Directorate Africa,
Foreign Ministry
1990 - 1994 Counsellor, Embassy in Maputo,
Mozambique
1986 - 1990 Secretary, General Directorate
Europe, Foreign Ministry
Education
1981 Curso médio (Medium Education Course, 9th
to 12th Grade) in Business Management and
Administration at the Instituto Karl Marx (Karl Marx
Institute), Luanda
1988 Bachelor’s Degree in Economics at the
Universidade Agostinho Neto (Agostinho Neto
University), Luanda
2000 Master‘s Degree in International Relations at
the Instituto Superior de Ciências Sociais e Políticas
da Universidade Técnica de Lisboa (Higher Institute
of Social and Political Sciences of the Technical
University of Lisbon)
Professional Career
Since September 2019 Serving at the
Consulate General of Angola in Porto as Consul
General
2011 - 2019 Minister Counsellor at the Embassy
of Angola in Portugal
2010 - 2011 Director of the CPLP Support Office
of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, was promoted
to Ambassador in January 2011
2003 - 2010 Minister Counsellor in the
Permanent Mission of Angola to the United
Nations in New York
1989 - 2002 2nd Secretary to Councillor in
Luanda
Since 1989 an official of the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs
1987 - 1989 worked in the then Office of the
Minister of State for the Productive Sphere as an
economist, focusing on the area of industry
Education
Bachelor of Arts (Hons), University of Sydney
Master of Arts (International Relations),
Australian National University, Canberra
Professional Career
2022–23 Ambassador for Arms Control and
Counter-Proliferation
2021 Deputy High Commissioner to India,
New Dehli
2020–2021 Special Representative for
Afghanistan and Pakistan
2016–2019 Australian Ambassador to Iran,
Tehran
2015–2016 A/g First Assistant Secretary,
International Security Division, Department of
Foreign Affairs and Trade
2011–2014 Australian Ambassador to Turkey,
Ankara, with non-resident accreditation to
Azerbaijan and Georgia
2010 Chargé d’Affaires, Australian Embassy,
Baghdad
2008–10 Head of Secretariat, International
Commission on Nuclear Non-proliferation and
Disarmament
2008 Chairman, Australia Group, Paris
2005–08 Australian Ambassador to Saudi
Arabia, Riyadh, with non-resident
accreditation to Bahrain, Oman and Yemen
2002–04 Special Assistant to the Director
General of the International Atomic Energy
Agency, Vienna
1998–2001 Deputy Head of Mission, Vienna
Education
She holds a Master Degree (MPhil) in History from
the University of Ouagadougou in Burkina Faso a
Postgraduate Certificate in International Relations
from the Institute of International Relations of
Cameroon (IRIC) in Yaoundé, Cameroon and a
Postgraduate Certificate of Specialisation in
Multilateral Diplomacy from the Graduate Institute
of International and Development Studies (IHEID)
in Geneva, Switzerland
Professional Career
October 2021 has been appointed Ambassador
Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent
Representative of Burkina Faso to the Federal
Republic of Austria and the International
Organisations based in Vienna
May 2014 to November 2021 served as
Principal Policy Officer within the Cabinet of the
Chairperson of the African Union Commission, in
Addis Ababa, in Ethiopia, focusing on the African
Union strategic partnerships and resource
mobilization
August 2013 to May 2014 Back to Burkina
Faso, she served as Advisor and Director for
Parliamentary Diplomacy to the Speaker of the
National Assembly
September 2011 to August 2013 After holding
various positions of responsibility within the
Ministry, she served as First Counsellor and
Acting Economic Counsellor at the Embassy of
Burkina Faso in Washington, DC in the United
States of America
PHOTOS: LECHNER UND KULEC/ HBF
PHOTOS: LECHNER UND KULEC/ HBF
Education
1990 LL.B in Public Law, University of
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
1991 LL.M in Public Law, University of
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
1994 Master of Science in Marine Affairs
from the University of Rimouski, Quebec,
Canada
1999 Ph.D. in Law, University of Ottawa,
Canada (Thesis on Maritime Boundary
Delimitation Law, with emphasis in Africa)
Professional Career
2019 Guest Professor at the Faculty of Law at
the University of Warsaw
2018 Guest Professor at the Hague Academy
of International Law, at the International
Tribunal of the Law of Sea and Washington
College of Law
Since 2016 Member of the International Law
Commission (ILC) of the United Nations
2010-2014 Member of Côte d’Ivoire National
Commission on Maritime Boundary
delimitations between Côte d’Ivoire and
Ghana
2006 Guest Researcher at the International
Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, Hamburg,
Germany
2002 Researcher and Legal advisor for New
Zealand concerning the delimitation of its
continental Shelf Boundary with Australia
Education
1988–1990 BA Degree (Politics) University
of Namibia
Feb–Dec 1995 Diploma in Diplomatic
Practice Indian Institute of Foreign Service
(IIFS)
Professional Career
January 2019 – 30 April 2023 Counsellor/
Deputy Head of Mission, High Commission of
the Republic of Namibia in Pretoria, South
Africa
May 2016 – December 2018 Deputy
Director - Head of Regional Organizations,
Department of Multilateral Affairs, Ministry of
International Relations and Cooperation
August 2012 – May 2016 Counsellor,
Permanent Mission of the Republic of
Namibia to the United Nations (UN) in charge
of the United Nations General Assembly 2nd
Committee
July 2011 – July 2012 Chief Foreign Relations
Officer, Ministry of International Relations
and Cooperation
June 2007 – May 2011 First Secretary –
Embassy of the Republic of Namibia, Cairo,
Arab Republic of Egypt
October 1999 - November 2003 First
Secretary, Embassy of the Republic of
Namibia to Washington, DC, United States of
America
Education
1988 High School Diploma, Assumption High
School, Makati City, Philippines
1992 A.B. Management Economics, Ateneo
de Manila, Quezon City, Philippines
1997 Master of Science in Foreign Service
(MSFS), Georgetown University, Washington,
D.C., USA
Professional Career
December 2018 - June 30, 2022 Chair,
Board of Trustees, National Museum of the
Philippines, Manila, Philippines
March 2019 - June 2023
University Admissions Counselor, Chinese
International School Manila (CISM), Taguig
City, Philippines
October 2007 - June 2012 Head of Policy,
Coral Triangle Initiative, World Wide Fund for
Nature (WWF), Bali, Indonesia
October 1998 - 2007 Director for Strategic
Development, Foundation for Information
Technology Education and Development
(FIT-ED), Makati City, Philippines
October 1998 - 2007 Programme Officer,
Philippine Foundation for Global Concerns
(PFGC), Makati City, Philippines
February - May 2004 Speaker, Gloria
Macapagal for President Campaign, Metro
Manila, Philippines
February - May 1998 Executive Assistant,
Gloria Macapagal for Vice President
Campaign, Metro Manila, Philippines
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