Dr. Christian BERGER Head of Delegation, Delegation of the European Union to Turkey, Ankara
CV
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 |