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Dr. Christian BERGER
Head of Delegation, Delegation of the European Union to Turkey, Ankara
| 1986-1987 | Operations officer with the Austrian UN-Peacekeeping Battalion on the Golan, UNDOF |
| 1989-1994 | Working with the United Nations in Gaza and Jerusalem |
| 1994-1997 | Deputy Director at the OSCE in Vienna and Secretary of the OSCE Permanent Council; Deputy Executive Secretary to the Joint Consultative Group (Treaty on Conventional Forces in Europe) and the Open Skies Consultative Commission |
| 1997 | Mr Berger joined the European institutions |
| 1997-1999 | Committee of the Regions |
| 1999-2001 | Responsible for relations with Syria, European Commission |
| 2001-2005 | Political Advisor on Middle Eastern issues |
| 2005-2006 | EU Representative to the Quartet Special Envoy Mr Wolfensohn |
| 2006-2008 | Head of the Crisis Response & Peacebuilding Unit in the EC |
| 2009-2011 | EU Representative for West Bank & Gaza office |
| since 2011 | Director for North Africa, Middle East, Arabian Peninsula, Iraq and Iran in the European External Action Service; law degrees from Vienna and London |
Dr. Cengiz GÜNAY
Senior Fellow, oiip - Austrian Institute for International Affairs, Vienna
| 1991-1994 | Studies, Department of History; Department of Law, University of Graz |
| 1994-1999 | Master Studies, Department of History, University of Vienna |
| 1998-1999 | Erasmus and Sokrates-Fellow, Department oh History, University of Barcelona |
| since 1999 | Certified interpreter and translator for German and Turkish. |
| 2001-2005 | Ph.D., Department of Political Sciences, University of Vienna |
| 2002-2006 | Austria Correspondent, CNNTurk |
| since 2006 | Senior Fellow, oiip - Austrian Institute for International Affairs |
| since 2008 | Lecturer, University of Vienna |
| since 2012 | Head, Austrian Network, Anna Lindh Foundation, Vienna |
Dr. Nuray MERT
Professor, Political Science, Istanbul University; Columnist, Hürriyet Daily News
| 1983 | BA, Faculty of Administrative Sciences and Economics/Political Science, Bosporus University, Istanbul |
| BA, Faculty of Arts and Sciences/History, Bosporus University, Istanbul | |
| 1985 | MA, Institute of Social Sciences/History, Bosporus University, Istanbul |
| 1992 | PhD, Institute of Social Sciences/Political Science |
| Retired from Istanbul University | |
| Columnist Cumhuriyet Daily (in Turkish), Hurriyet Daily News (in English) |
Selim YENEL
Ambassador, Undersecretary, Turkish Ministry for EU Affairs, Ankara
| 1979-1980 | Attaché and Third Secretary at the Department of Nuclear Energy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
| 1980-1981 | Military Service, Third Secretary at the Cabinet of the Minister of Foreign Affairs |
| 1981-1984 | Third Secretary and Second Secretary at the Permanent Representation of Turkey to the Organization for Economic |
| Co-operation and Development in Paris | |
| 1984-1986 | Second Secretary and First Secretary at the Turkish Embassy in Kabul |
| 1986-1988 | First Secretary at the Department of Middle East and Africa, Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
| 1988-1988 | First Secretary at the Special Advisory Office of the Minister of Foreign Affairs |
| 1988-1993 | First Secretary and Counsellor at the Permanent Representation of Turkey to the United Nations in New York |
| 1993-1994 | Head of Section at the Special Advisory Office of the Undersecretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
| 1994-1994 | Chief of Cabinet of the Undersecretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
| 1994-1999 | Counsellor and First Counsellor at the Permanent Delegation of Turkey to the European Economic Community in |
| Brussels | |
| 1999-2001 | Head of Department for European Union Economic Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
| 2001-2005 | Deputy Director General, Minister Plenipotentiary at the Deputy Directorate General for European Union Economic Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
| 2005-2009 | Ambassador to Austria |
| 2009-2010 | Ambassador, Deputy Undersecretary for European Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
| 2010-2011 | Ambassador, Deputy Undersecretary for Bilateral Political Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
| 2011-2017 | Ambassador, Permanent Delegate of Turkey to the EU |
| since 2017 | Ambassador, Undersecretary, Ministry for EU Affairs |
Dr. Thomas MAYR-HARTING
Chair, International Advisory Board, European Forum Alpbach, Vienna
| 1977 | Law Studies in Vienna (Dr. iur.) |
| 1977-1978 | Postgraduate-Studies, College of Europe, Bruges |
| 1978 | Diploma of The Hague Academy of International Law, The Hague |
| 1979 | Joined the Austrian Diplomatic Service |
| 1982-1986 | Austrian Mission to the European Communities, Brussels |
| 1986-1990 | Austrian Embassy, Moscow |
| 1991-1993 | Private Office of the Austrian Foreign Minister, Vienna |
| 1993-1995 | Deputy Head of Cabinet of Foreign Ministers Mock and Schüssel, Vienna |
| 1995-1999 | Director for Security Policy and Policy Planning, Austrian Foreign Ministry, Vienna |
| 1996-1999 | Deputy Political Director, Austrian Foreign Ministry, Vienna |
| 1999-2003 | Ambassador of Austria to Belgium and Head of the Austrian Mission to NATO, Brussels |
| 2002-2004 | Special Representative of the Austrian Foreign Minister for the Western Balkans |
| 2003-2004 | Representative of the Federal Chancellor of Austria in the Commission on the Reform of the Austrian Armed Forces, Vienna |
| 2003-2008 | Political Director (Director General for Political Affairs) of the Austrian Foreign Ministry, Vienna |
| 2008-2011 | Permanent Representative of Austria to the United Nations, New York |
| 2009-2010 | Also represented Austria on the United Nations Security Council, New York (President of the Security Council in November 2009) |
| 2011 | Vice-President of the 66th General Assembly of the UN, New York |
| 2011-2015 | Ambassador, (Head of the Delegation) of the European Union to the United Nations, New York |
| since 2015 | Managing Director for Europe and Central Asia, European External Action Service, Brussels |
| Visiting Professor, College of Europe, Bruges and Natolin |
