19/07/2022 (Agence Europe) – The Council of the EU appointed, on Tuesday 19 July, the Chief Superintendent of the Swedish National Police, Anders Wiberg, as the new Head of Mission for the European Union Advisory Mission in Iraq (EUAM Iraq). His term of office will run from 16 August 2022 to 30 April 2024. The end of his mandate will coincide with the end of the mission’s current mandate (see EUROPE 12933/22). Mr Wiberg previously served in EUAM Iraq as Head of Operations, and in EULEX Kosovo as Chief of Staff in the Special Police Department. The EUAM Iraq mission, based in Baghdad, with a presence in Erbil, aims to assist in the development and coherent implementation of the Iraqi National Security Strategy, associated national strategies and other national security priorities. (CG)