Who is who Informal meeting of EU Foreign Ministers (Gymnich), Vienna 30 – 31 August 2018 Austrian Presidency of the Council of the European Union 2 0 1 8 W h o i s w h o Imprint Event: Informal meeting of EU Foreign Ministers (Gymnich) Date, Time: 30 - 31 August 2018, from 14:15 to 22:00; 08:30 to 15:15 Venue: Hofburg Heldenplatz, 1014 Vienna Host: Federal ministry for Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs In co-operation with: European Commission, European External Action Service Editor: Austrian Presidency of the Council of the European Union Version: 24 August 2018 I n f o r m a l m eeting of EU Foreign Ministers ( G y m n i c h ) P a g e 2 of 12 Austrian Presidency of the Council of the European Union 2 0 1 8 W h o i s w h o Who is who Hosts EUROPEAN EXTERNAL ACTION SERVICE (EEAS) Federica Mogherini High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy / Vice-President of the Commission AUSTRIA Karin Kneissl Federal Minister for Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs EU – Members States BELGIUM Didier Reynders Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Affairs BULGARIA Ekaterina Zaharieva Deputy Prime Minister for Judicial Reform and Minister of Foreign Affairs I n f o r m a l m eeting of EU Foreign Ministers ( G y m n i c h ) P a g e 3 of 12 Austrian Presidency of the Council of the European Union 2 0 1 8 W h o i s w h o CZECH REPUBLIC Jan Hamáček First deputy Prime Minister, Minister of the Interior, with responsibility for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs DENMARK Anders Samuelsen Minister for Foreign Affairs GERMANY Heiko Maas Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs ESTONIA Sven Mikser Minister for Foreign Affairs IRELAND Simon Coveney Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade I n f o r m a l m eeting of EU Foreign Ministers ( G y m n i c h ) P a g e 4 of 12 Austrian Presidency of the Council of the European Union 2 0 1 8 W h o i s w h o GREECE Nikos Kotzias Minister of Foreign Affairs SPAIN Josep Borrell Fontelles Minister of Foreign Affairs, the European Union and Cooperation FRANCE Jean-Yves Le Drian Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs CROATIA Marija Pejčinović Burić Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign and European Affairs ITALY Enzo Moavero Milanesi Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation I n f o r m a l m eeting of EU Foreign Ministers ( G y m n i c h ) P a g e 5 of 12 Austrian Presidency of the Council of the European Union 2 0 1 8 W h o i s w h o CYPRUS Nikos Christodoulides Minister of Foreign Affairs LATVIA Edgars Rinkēvičs Minister of Foreign Affairs LITHUANIA Neris Germanas Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs LUXEMBOURG Jean Asselborn Ministеr of Foreign and European Affairs Minister of Immigration and Asylum HUNGARY Péter Szijjártó Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade I n f o r m a l m eeting of EU Foreign Ministers ( G y m n i c h ) P a g e 6 of 12 Austrian Presidency of the Council of the European Union 2 0 1 8 W h o i s w h o MALTA Carmelo Abela Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade Promotion NETHERLANDS Stef Blok Minister of Foreign Affairs POLAND Jacek Czaputowicz Minister of Foreign Affairs PORTUGAL Ana Paula Zacarias Secretary of State for European Affairs ROMANIA Teodor-Viorel Meleşcanu Minister for Foreign Affairs I n f o r m a l m eeting of EU Foreign Ministers ( G y m n i c h ) P a g e 7 of 12 Austrian Presidency of the Council of the European Union 2 0 1 8 W h o i s w h o SLOVENIA Karl Erjavec Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs SLOVAKIA Lukáš Parízek State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs FINLAND Timo Soini Minister of Foreign Affairs SWEDEN Annika Söder State Secretary for Foreign Affairs UNITED KINGDOM Jeremy Hunt Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs I n f o r m a l m eeting of EU Foreign Ministers ( G y m n i c h ) P a g e 8 of 12 Austrian Presidency of the Council of the European Union 2 0 1 8 W h o i s w h o Candidate Countries TURKEY Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu Minister of Foreign Affairs FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA Nikola Dimitrov Minister of Foreign Affairs MONTENEGRO Srdjan Darmanović Minister of Foreign Affairs ALBANIA Ditmir Bushati Minister of Foreign Affairs SERBIA Ivica Dačić First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs I n f o r m a l m eeting of EU Foreign Ministers ( G y m n i c h ) P a g e 9 of 12 Austrian Presidency of the Council of the European Union 2 0 1 8 W h o i s w h o EU - Institutions EUROPEAN COMMISSION Johannes Hahn European Commissioner for European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS (AFET), EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT David McAllister Chair of the European Parliament Foreign Affairs Committee GENERAL SECRETARIAT OF THE COUNCIL OF THE EU (GSC) Leonardo Schiavo Director-General I n f o r m a l m eeting of EU Foreign Ministers ( G y m n i c h ) P a g e 10 of 12 Austrian Presidency of the Council of the European Union 2 0 1 8 W h o i s w h o Photo Credits Hosts Mogherini © Bucharest Forum Kneissl © photonews.at/Georges Schneider EU – Member States Reynders © Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation Zaharieva © Ministry of Foreign Affairs Hamáček © Ministry of Foreign Affairs Maas © Susie Knoll Samuelsen © Ministry of Foreign Affairs Mikser © Ministry of Foreign Affairs Coveney © Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Kotzias © Ministry of Foreign Affairs Borrell Fontelles © PSOE De Rivière © Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs Pejčinović Burić © Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs Moavero Milanesi © Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Christodoulides © Ministry of Foreign Affairs Rinkēvičs © Ministry of Foreign Affairs Germanas © Ministry of Foreign Affairs Asselborn © SIP / Yves Kortum Szijjártó © Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade Abela © Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade Promotion Blok © Ministry of Foreign Affairs Czaputowicz © Ministry of Foreign Affairs I n f o r m a l m eeting of EU Foreign Ministers ( G y m n i c h ) P a g e 11 of 12 Austrian Presidency of the Council of the European Union 2 0 1 8 W h o i s w h o Zacarias © Ministry of Foreign Affairs Meleşcanu © Ministry of Foreign Affairs Erjavec © Ministry of Foreign Affairs Parízek © Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs Soini © Ministry of Foreign Affairs Söder © Ministry of Foreign Affairs Hunt © Foreign and Commonwealth Office Candidate Countries Çavuşoğlu © Ministry of Foreign Affairs Dimitrov © Ministry of Foreign Affairs Darmanović © Ministry of Foreign Affairs Bushati © Ministry of Foreign Affairs Dacić © Ministry of Foreign Affairs EU - Institutions Hahn © European Commission McAllister © European Parliament Schiavo © European Commission I n f o r m a l m eeting of EU Foreign Ministers ( G y m n i c h ) P a g e 12 of 12 .