On Thursday, 20 April, High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell announced the nomination of 40 Heads of Delegation, one Chargé d’affaires of the EU, and nine Deputy Heads of Delegation.
The Heads of Delegation will be formally appointed after receiving official approval from the respective host countries.
Mr Borrell notably nominated Lithuania’s ambassador to the EU Jovita Neliupšienė to head the EU delegation to the United States, replacing Stavros Lambrinidis of Greece, who is becoming EU Ambassador to the United Nations in New York.
Katarina Mathernova of Slovakia is to become the EU Ambassador to Ukraine, while Steen Nørlov of Denmark takes up the post of Chargé d’affaires of the EU to Belarus.
Thomas Seiler (German) is taking up the post of EU Ambassador to Iraq, and Christophe Farnaud (French), that of EU Ambassador to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the Kingdom of Bahrain and the Sultanate of Oman. Franco-Cypriot Pierre-Christophe Chatzisavas is heading the delegation in Jordan, and Sandra De Waele, the delegation in Lebanon. Frenchman Alexandre Stutzmann is becoming Head of the EU Representation Office to [the] West Bank and [the] Gaza Strip and to the UNRWA.
Nicola Orlando (Italian) has been nominated to be the EU Ambassador to Libya; Dietrich Becker (German) is becoming head of the delegation to Mali, and Karin Johansson, the delegation to Somalia.
Javier Niño Pérez of Spain has been nominated to be the EU Ambassador to the African Union, Sujiro Seam of France is becoming head of the EU delegation to ASEAN, and Carl Hallergård is taking up the post of EU Ambassador to the International Organisations in Vienna. Christina Kokkinakis (Austrian) is to become EU Ambassador to the OECD and UNESCO in Paris and to the Principalities of Andorra and Monaco.
See the full list of nominations: https://aeur.eu/f/6en (Original version in French by Camille-Cerise Gessant)