Summary: 3 October 2008, Brussels - Javier SOLANA, EU High Representative for the CFSP, congratulates Police Commissioner Kai VITTRUP on his appointment as the new Head of the EU Police Mission in Afghanistan
Javier SOLANA, EU High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP), congratulated today Police Commissioner Kai VITTRUP who has been appointed as the new Head of the EU Police Mission in Afghanistan. He succeeds Brigadier-General Jürgen Scholz as from 16 October 2008. Javier SOLANA made the following comments:
"His excellent policing background, his international experience and the responsibilities he had until now as Police Commissioner in the United Nations Mission in the Sudan (UNMIS) makes him most suitable for this position. He can count on my full support and that of the European Union as a whole in the accomplishment of his new duties.
Through EUPOL Afghanistan, the EU is bringing a key contribution to the establishment of a professional police service in Afghanistan and therefore to bringing Rule of Law and peace and stability to this country. Afghanistan still faces considerable challenges. Hard work, patience and determination will be fundamental to meet those challenges.
I would like to express my gratitude to Brigadier-General Jürgen Scholz for his dedication and work as Head of the EU Police Mission in Afghanistan."
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CV of Police Commissioner Kai VITTRUP
Born 10 November 1943 in Denmark
Work Experience
International Experience
16/10/2008 Head of the EU Police Mission in Afghanistan
2006 - 2008 Police Commissioner in the United Nations Mission in the Sudan (UNMIS)
2004 - 2006 Police Commissioner in the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK)
2003 - 2004 Senior Police Advisor for the Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq
2002 Sector Commander for the United Nations Protection Force in Croatia (UNPROFOR)
2000 Senior Security Advisor to the Head of United Nations Transitional Authority in East Timor (UNTAET)
Police experience in Denmark
1996 - 2004 Commander for uniformed branch of the Copenhagen Police
1992 - 1996 Commander for uniformed branch of the Aalborg Police District
1988- 1992 Chief Superintendent in the National Police Commissioners Headquarters
1986 - 1988 Deputy Chief of uniformed branch of Gladsaxe Police District
1983 - 1986 Chief Inspector in Velje Police District
1978 - 1983 Inspector in the Ringkoebing Police District
1968 - 1978 Detective in Aarhus Police District
1965 - 1968 Patrol Officer in the Copenhagen Police District
Education
1990 and 1996 NATO School SHAPE, Oberammergau, Germany
1989 FBI National Academy, Management and Leadership
1982 - 1984 National Police Academy Denmark, Junior and Senior Command Course
1968 - 1972 National Police Academy Denmark, commanded Detective
Languages: Danish (mother tongue), English
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