Angelina Eichhorst formally took up her position as Ambassador / Head of European Union Delegation to the Lebanese Republic in January 2011.
Education
Angelina Eichhorst studied Languages and Cultures of the Middle East at the Catholic University in Nijmegen, and Political Science at the Université Libre in Brussels. She holds special degrees in International Law, Human Rights and the Law of International Organisations.
Career
Today, she works for the European Union, as she holds the position of the director of Western Europe, The Western Balkans, and Turkey. Between 1989 and 1996, Angelina Eichhorst worked with civil society organisations in Cairo as well as for the United Nations in New York and Somalia. In 1996 she joined the European Commission in Brussels where she held various positions as technical, senior and policy advisor.
In 2004 she became Head of Development and Regional Cooperation at the European Union Delegation to Jordan.
She held this position for four years before she was sent to Syria in 2008 to head the Syria Delegation"s Political and Economic Affairs, Press, Information and Culture section. In September 2010, Catherine Ashton, the European Union"s (European Union) High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, appointed Angelina Eichhorst European Union ambassador to the Lebanese Republic.
She assumed her post in Beirut formally in January 2011. On 28 July 2015, Angelina Eichhorst has been appointed as Director for Western Europe, the Western Balkans and Turkey.
She will take up her new position in the EEAS headquarters in Brussels on 1 September 2015.
Make 2015 the year of state institutions (published on 3 January 2015) Old and new Europe has not forgotten you (published on 8 September 2014) 2013 New Year"s Message (published on 5 January 2013) Need for a more unified Europe, less divided Lebanon (published on 1 November 2012) Louisiana journee de l"Europe celebre la paix et la prosperite.