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EUHR Solana and EU Commissioner Rehn welcome new EU Special Representative and Head of EC Delegation in fYROM

Summary: EUHR Solana and EU Commissioner Rehn welcome new EU Special Representative and Head of EC Delegation in fYROM (17 October 2005: Brussels)

Javier SOLANA and Olli REHN welcome the appointment of a new EU Special Representative and Head of European Commission Delegation in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

Joint press release of the EU High Representative for the CFSP and the European Commission

Javier SOLANA, EU High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP), and Olli REHN, European Commissioner for Enlargement, welcome today's decision by the Council of the EU and the European Commission to appoint Mr. Erwan FOUÉRÉ as European Union Special Representative (EUSR) and Head of the European Commission Delegation to the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.

Mr. Fouéré is an Irish national, and a career European official, who has served as Head of the European Commission Delegation in Slovenia, South Africa, and Mexico. He will take up his functions in Skopje on 1 November. As EUSR, he replaces Dr. Michael SAHLIN and as Head of Delegation, he will succeed Mr. Donato CHIARINI.

CURRICULUM VITAE



Name :
Erwan FOUÉRÉ
Date of birth :
5 June 1946
Nationality:
Irish
Degrees held:
Bachelor of Civil Law, University College, Dublin, 1967
Bachelor of Laws, University College, Dublin, 1968
Diploma in European studies, Institut Européen des Hautes Etudes Internationales, Nice University, 1969
Post graduate Research Assistant at the Max Kohnstamm Institute for European studies, Brussels 1970-72

Career - European Commission
March 2002
Appointed as Head of Delegation in Slovenia
February 1998
Appointed as Head of OSCE Section[1] in Directorate General for External Relations in Brussels.
January 1994
Appointed as the first Head of Delegation in South Africa
April 1989
Appointed as the first Head of Delegation in Mexico and Cuba
August 1984
Appointed Deputy Head of Delegation at the Delegation of the EC for Latin America with headquarters in Caracas, Venezuela
1983
Guest Scholar at The Brookings Institution in Washington
1979-1983
Directorate General for the Environment:
With responsibility for negotiations on international environment conventions
1975-1979
As above but with responsibilities for:
East European countries and Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe
1973-1975
Directorate General for External Relations:
Relations with EFTA countries


Fluent in English, French, Spanish

Awarded the Order of Good Hope, Class II; Grand Officer by President Mandela (January 1998).

[1] Responsibility for Council of Europe added 1 November 2000.

 
  • Ref: EC05-337EN
  • EU source: European Commission
  • UN forum: 
  • Date: 17/10/2005


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