Ambassadors to the European Union accredited

By Baron Henri Estramant. 

Japan to the EU: HE Ambassador Kodama Kazuo was accredited on Thursday, 29 September 2016.  Previously he was the Permanent Delegate of Japan to the OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) with headquarters at Paris.

http://www.mofa.go.jp/region/europe/eu/index.html

http://www.eu.emb-japan.go.jp/contact_details.html

Swiss Confederation to the EU: HE Ambassador Urs Bucher, Permanent Representative of Switzerland to the EU since Thursday, 29 September 2016.  Previously he was Ambassador to Japan, and before that Director of the Integration Bureau managed by both, the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs and the Federal Department of Economic Affairs, Education and Research.

https://www.eda.admin.ch/eda/en/home/foreign-policy/european-politics/eu/ch-mission-eu.html

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urs_Bucher http://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/ausland/europa/bundesrat-ernennt-urs-bucher-zum-missionschef-in-bruessel/story/21257833

Mission of the Federative Republic of Brazil to the EU: HE Ambassador Dr. Everton Vieira Vargas was accredited to the EU on Friday, 14 October 2016. This post is preceded by an ambassadorship to Argentina between 2013 and 2016.

http://www.itamaraty.gov.br/en/ficha-pais/6698-european-union

https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everton_Vieira_Vargas

https://sistemas.mre.gov.br/kitweb/datafiles/Berlim/pt-br/file/Currículo%20do%20Embaixador%20Everton%20Vieira%20Vargas.pdf

Principality of Liechtenstein to the EU: HE Ambassador Sabine Monauni-Tömördy presented credentials on 14 October 2016. Previous to her first ambassadorial/permanent representative appointment Ambassador Monauni was Senior Advisor to the Minister of Family Affairs, the Ministry of Social Affairs, and Head of Unit ad interim, Equal Opportunities Unit in Vaduz between 2014 and 2016. Before that function he served at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs with the rank of “Counsellor”. Ambassador Monauni also covers Belgium during her ambassadorship in Brussels.

http://www.regierung.li/ministries/ministry-for-foreign-affairs-education-and-culture/diplomatic-representations/brussels-b/staff-contacts/

State of Israel to the EU: HE Ambassador Aharon Leshno-Yaar was accredited on 14 October 2016. Prior to arriving to Brussels, Ambassador Leshno-Yaar served as the Deputy Director General, Head of UN and International Organisations Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. His previous ambassadorship was as Permanent of Israel to the United Nations in Geneva from 2008 until 2012.

http://embassies.gov.il/eu/NewsAndEvents/Newsletter/Pages/Israel’s-new-Ambassador-to-the-EU—NATO—Meet-Aharon-Leshno-Yaar.aspx

Republic of Cabo Verde to the EU: HE Ambassador José Filomeno de Carvalho Dias Monteiro was accredited on 14 October 2016. Before this first ambassadorial position, he was a MP for the island of Santiago in Cabo Verde, however, he has served in the diplomatic service before. Ambassador José de Carvalho Dias Monteiro also covers the ACP Group, the OPCW and the Benelux countries.

https://www.parlament.gv.at/PAKT/EU/XXV/EU/11/09/EU_110961/imfname_10645064.pdf

http://noticiasdonorte.publ.cv/49655/jose-filomeno-toma-posse-embaixador-cabo-verde-no-reino-da-belgica/

Republic of Montenegro to the EU: HE Ambassador Bojan Šarkić presented his credentials on Thursday, 29 September 2016. Before being appointed Permanent Representative of Montenegro to the EU, Ambassador Šarkić held an office as State Secretary at the Ministry of Defence. Previously he worked in Brussels as an Acting Chief of Mission to the EU and NATO.  Back in July of 2006 Ambassador Šarkić organised the first visit of representatives of NATO Headquarters to

Montenegro. In the same year he received on behalf of Montenegro an invitation letter from NATO’s then general secretary for Montenegrin membership in the partnership for peace.

http://www.mod.gov.me/en/ministry/cabinet/bojan_sarkic

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