Angelina Eichhorst
Angelina Eichhorst | |
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European Union Ambassador to Lebanon | |
Incumbent | |
Assumed office January 2011 | |
Preceded by | Patrick Laurent[1] |
Personal details | |
Born | Netherlands | 14 August 1965
Nationality | Dutch |
Angelina Eichhorst formally took up her position as Ambassador / Head of EU Delegation to the Lebanese Republic in January 2011.[2]
Education
Angelina Eichhorst studied Languages and Cultures of the Middle East at the Catholic University in Nijmegen, and Political Science at the Université Libre in Brussels. She holds special degrees in International Law, Human Rights and the Law of International Organisations.[2][3][4]
Career
Between 1989 and 1996, Angelina Eichhorst worked with civil society organisations in Cairo as well as for the United Nations in New York and Somalia. In 1996 she joined the European Commission in Brussels where she held various positions as technical, senior and policy advisor. In 2004 she became Head of Development and Regional Cooperation at the EU Delegation to Jordan. She held this position for four years before she was sent to Syria in 2008 to head the Syria Delegation's Political and Economic Affairs, Press, Information and Culture section.[2][3][4]
In September 2010, Catherine Ashton, the European Union's (EU) High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, appointed Angelina Eichhorst EU ambassador to the Lebanese Republic. She assumed her post in Beirut formally in January 2011.[2]
See also
- Ambassadors of the European Union
- Lebanon – European Union relations
- Europe in the World - European External Action Service
References
External links
Selection of articles and statements published by Angelina Eichhorst
- Make 2015 the year of state institutions (published on 3 Jan 2015)
- Old and new Europe has not forgotten you (published on 8 September 2014)
- 2013 New Year's Message (published on 5 January 2013)
- Need for a more unified Europe, less divided Lebanon (published on 1 November 2012)
- La journee de l'Europe celebre la paix et la prosperite