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        Carlos Westendorp   High Representative f
21.06.1997 16:25:00 OHR

        Carlos Westendorp   High Representative f

 
   
  Carlos Westendorp
  High Representative from June 1997 - July 1999
 
  Curriculum Vitae
  Born in Madrid on 7 January 1937
 
  • Joined the Foreign Service in 1965
  • Posts in Spanish Embassies in Brazil and the Netherlands
  • Director General for E.C. Affairs 1980-1985
  • Senior member of the team which negotiated Spanish membership of the E.C.
  • Ambassador to the E.C. Brussels 1985-1991
  • Secretary of State for European Affairs 1991-1995
  • Minister for Foreign Affairs 1996
  • Ambassador to the United Nations 1996-1997
  • High Representative in Bosnia and Herzegovina June 1997 to July 1999