CURRICULUM VITAE AMBASSADOR ANDEBRHAN WELDE GIORGIS
Work Experience
2007 (Jul) – Senior Advisor, Africa Programme, International Crisis Group (ICG)
2007 (Feb-Jun) Africa Advocacy Director, International Crisis Group (ICG)
2002 - ’06 Ambassador to Belgium, the EU, Luxembourg, Portugal and Spain
2000 - ’02 Commissioner for Coordination with the UN Mission in Eritrea and Ethiopia (UNMEE)
1997 - ’99 Ambassador to the Dem. Rep. of Congo and Special Envoy to the Great Lakes Region
1995 - ’99 Ambassador to the EU, Benelux, France, Portugal, Spain, the UK and Permanent Representative to UNESCO and IMO
1995 Member, Select Task Force to Restructure the Government, Streamline the Civil Service and Privatize Public Enterprises
1993 - ‘94 Governor, Bank of Eritrea
1991 - ‘93 President, University of Asmara
1991 - Present Member, Eritrean National Assembly
1989 - ’91 Editor, Sagem, Organ of the Eritrean People's Liberation Front (EPLF)
1987 -‘89 Deputy Secretary, Department of Education, EPLF
1980 - ‘87 Head, Foreign Information, EPLF
1977 - ‘80 Deputy Secretary, Department of Information, EPLF
1977 – Present Member, Central Committee of the EPLF, now Central Council of the PFDJ (People's Front for Democracy and Justice)
1972 - ‘76 Chairman, Eritreans for Liberation in North America (EPLF) 1969 - ’72 Lecturer in Management and Economics, Haile Selassie University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Special Assignments
2006 (May) Head, Eritrean Delegation to the 1st Meeting of ACP Ministers of Education (Brussels, Belgium) 2006 (Apr) Head, Eritrean Delegation to the 3rd Meeting of ACP Ministers of Finance and Economic Affairs (Brussels, Belgium)
2006 (Apr) Head, Eritrean Delegation to the 1st Meeting of AC Ministers Responsible for Asylum, Migration and Mobility (Brussels, Belgium)
2005 - ‘06 Member, Troika and Bureau, African Group of Ambassadors in Brussels
2006 (Feb) Head, Eritrean Delegation to the 2nd ESA-EC EPA Ministerial Negotiations (Mauritius)
2005 - 06 Chairman, ACP East Africa Region Group of Ambassadors and member, Bureau of the ACP Committee of Ambassadors
2005 (Dec) Head, Eritrean Delegation to the 51st Conference (II) of the Assembly of Western EU: Inter-Parliamentary European Security and Defence Assembly on the Maintenance of Peace in Sub-Saharan Africa (Paris)
2005 (Nov) Head, Eritrean Delegation to the 2nd International Parliamentary Forum on Renewable Energies and the 3rd World Renewable Energy Assembly (Bonn, Germany)
2005 (Sep) Head, Eritrean Delegation to the 51st Conference (I) of the Assembly of Western EU: Inter-Parliamentary European Security and Defence Assembly on the Maintenance of Peace in Sub-Saharan Africa (Brussels)
2004 - ‘05 1st Vice Chairman, African Group of Ambassadors in Brussels
2004 - ‘06 Lead Ambassadorial Spokesperson on Fisheries for the Eastern and Southern Africa (ESA) Region in the Economic Partnership Agreement Negotiations (EPA) with the EU
2004 - ‘06 Member, ACP-EC Development Finance Cooperation Committee at Ambassadorial, Authorized Representatives and Ministerial levels
2004 (Dec) Head, Eritrean Delegation to the ACP-EC Ministerial Conference on the Review of the Cotonou Agreement (Brussels)
2004 (Dec) Head, Eritrean Delegation to the 18th COMESA Council of Ministers and 2nd ESA Council of Ministers (Lusaka, Zambia)
2004 (Nov) Head, Eritrean Delegation to the International Parliamentary Conference on the WTO (Brussels)
2004 (Sep) Head, Eritrean Delegation to the 111th Assembly of the Inter- Parliamentary Union (Geneva, Switzerland) 2004 (Aug) Head, Eritrean Delegation to the 2nd Annual Convocation of the International Conference on Human Rights and Religious Freedom (Brussels)
2004 (Jun) Head, Eritrean Delegation to the 4th ACP Summit of Heads of State and Government (Maputo, Mozambique)
2004 (Jun) Head, Eritrean Delegation to the 1st International Parliamentary Forum on Renewable Energies (Bonn, Germany)
2004 (Feb) Head, Eritrean Delegation to the 1st ESA-EC EPA Ministerial Negotiations (Mauritius)
2003 - ‘06 Member, Standing Committee on Economic Development, Finance and Trade of the ACP-EU JPA
2003 - ‘04 Member, ACP-EC Committee on Sustainable Development at Ambassadorial and Ministerial levels
2003 (Jun) Head, Eritrean Delegation to the 1st Ordinary Session of the Ministerial Conference on Trade ofthe AU (Mauritius)
2003 (May) Head, Eritrean Delegation to the ESA EPA/WTO Ministerial Meeting on Multilateral Trade Negotiations (Nairobi, Kenya)
2003 (March) Head, Eritrean Delegation to the 2nd Ordinary Session of the Executive Council of the AU (Ndjamena, Chad)
2003 (Feb) Head, Eritrean Delegation to the 1st Extraordinary Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the AU and the 2nd Extraordinary Session of its Executive Council (Addis Ababa, Ethiopia)
2002 - ‘06 Head, Eritrean Delegation to the semi-annual sessions of the ACP Council of Ministers, the annual sessions of the ACP-EC Council of Ministers and Sector Ministers
2002 (Dec) Member, Eritrean Delegation to the Eritrea-Ethiopia Claims Commission Hearings (The Peace Palace, The Hague, NL)
2002 (Nov) Head, Eritrean Delegation to the 2nd Africa-Europe Ministerial Conference (Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso)
2002 (Oct) Head, Eritrean Delegation to the African Parliamentarians Forum for NEPAD (Cotonou, Benin)
2002 (Jul) Head, Eritrean Delegation to the 3rd ACP Summit of Heads of State and Government (Nadi, Fiji)
2002 (Apr) Head, Eritrean Delegation to the 2nd World Assembly on Ageing (Madrid, Spain) 2001 Deputy Head, Eritrean Delegation to the 56th Session of the UN General Assembly (New York)
2000 (Mar) Head, Eritrean Delegation to the Meeting of the Council of Ministers of the OAU (Addis Ababa)
1999 (Feb) Head, Eritrean Delegation to the ICPD+5 Forum (The Hague)
1998 Rapporteur General, ACP-EU Joint Assembly, now ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly
1996 - ‘97 Delegate to the Eritrean-Yemeni Arbitration Agreement Negotiations in Paris and The Hague
1998 (Aug - Sep) Head, Eritrean Delegation to the 5th Session of the UN Human Rights Commission (Geneva, Switzerland)
1997 (Nov) Head, Eritrean Delegation to the 1st ACP Summit of Heads of State and Government (Libreville, Gabon)
1995 - 1999 Head, Eritrean Delegation to the semi-annual sessions of the ACP Council of Ministers, the annual sessions of the ACP-EC Council of Minister and Sector Ministers
1996 -1997 Member, ACP-EC Development Finance Cooperation Committee at Ambassadorial, Authorized Representatives and Ministerial levels
1995 - ‘06 Delegate of the Eritrean National Assembly to the ACP-EU JPA and Head of the Eritrean Delegation to the semi-annual sessions of the ACP Parliamentary Assembly and the ACP-EU JPA
1995 - 1998 Vice President, ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly and Bureau of the ACP-EU JPA
1993 – 1994 Member, Eritrea-Ethiopia Joint High Economic Commission
1992 - 1993 Vice Chairman, Association of Eastern and Southern African Universities
1971 - ’72 Lecturer in Economics and Finance, Training Senior Managers, Commercial Bank of Ethiopia, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
1971 - ’72 Advisor to the Commissioner of Planning, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
1970 - ’72 Lecturer in Economics, Aba Dina Police College, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Educational Background
- Ph.D. Candidate, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, 1972 -‘73 - MBA (Economics and Management) University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, USA, August 1969 - B.Sc. (Economics and Management), University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, USA, January 1969 - High School Diploma, Mira Monte High School, Orinda, California, USA, 1965
Professional Training
Certificates in Planning and Team Work (1995)
Negotiations and Loan Agreements (1994)
Executive Management (1995)
Global Finance (1993)
Hobbies Reading, Tennis, Swimming
Seminars, Conferences and Workshops
Participated in numerous seminars, conferences and workshops.
Personal Data
Date and Place of Birth 25 June 1946, Mendefera, Eritrea
Marital Status Married, with three children
Nationality Eritrean
Languages Tigrinya, English, Amharic, Arabic and French
Current Address (private): Avenue Prince Charles 11 1410 Waterloo, Belgium
Phone fax: +32 (0) 2 351 25 91 GSM (Mobile Phone): +32 (0) 475 652 626
E-mail: [email protected]