H.E. Ambassador Sibusisiwe Mngomezulu and Federal President Dr. Frank-Walter Steinmeier.
Tuesday, 28 August 2018, Berlin: H.E. Ambassador Sibusisiwe Mngomezulu, who is resident in Brussels and responsible for the Benelux countries, the EU, the OPCW, the ACP Group of States, France, the Holy See as well as Germany; was accredited to the latter federal republic by Federal President Dr. Frank-Walter Steinmeier at Bellevue Palace.
He is the first ambassador accredited to Germany and France since the name change for his homeland to eSwatini by royal decision.
Ambassador Sibusisiwe Mngomezulu was born in Manzini, then Kingdom of Swaziland, on 25 December 1973. He is married and has two children. He holds a degree in Social Science (Economics, University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, 1996), a master’s degree in Business Administration (Finance, US International University, San Diego, 2000) and a postgraduate diploma in project management (School of Business Management, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, 2003).
After having worked in the industrial, financial and commercial field between 2000 and 2013, he held the following diplomatic positions: Counsellor at the Swazi High Commission in Malaysia (2014-2016); High Commissioner in Malaysia (2016-2017); and Permanent Representative to the European Union (with the bilateral accreditations noted above) in Brussels, where he resides since May 2017.
Ambassador Mngomezulu speaks English, Siswati and French.
For further information:
- Mission of the Kingdom of eSwatini in Brussels: https://www.
eswatini-embassy.eu/diplomats/ - http://www.diplomatmagazine.
nl/2017/04/27/ambassadors-to- the-benelux-countries- accredited/ambassador- sibusisiwe-mngomezulu- swaziland/
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