Eduards Stiprais to head EU Delegation in Uzbekistan
26/08/2016 18:27
Eduards Stiprais /Photo of Latvian Foreign Ministry/
26/08/2016 18:27
Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- Eduards Stiprais of Latvia was appointed as the head of the Head of the Delegation of the European Union to Uzbekistan.
Federica Mogherini, the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, appointed as Head of the Delegation of the European Union to Uzbekistan.
Prior to appointment, Eduards Stiprais worked as the Undersecretary of State and Political Director of the Latvian Foreign Ministry.
At the post of the head of the EU delegation, Eduards Stiprais will replace Yuri Sterk of Bulgaria.
Eduards Stiprais has worked for the Latvian Diplomatic Service since 1993 and is one of the most experienced Latvian diplomats. He has worked as the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Latvia to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Director-General of the Bilateral Relations Directorate, Head of the Chancery of the President of Latvia, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary in the Permanent Representation of the Republic of Latvia to the European Union, as well as serving as Head of the Secretariat of Latvia’s Delegation for Accession Negotiations. Eduards Stiprais has been Under Secretary of State and Political Director of the Foreign Ministry since 2013.
Eduards Stiprais has received the Order of Three Stars, as well as decorations of Ukraine, Norway and France.
He graduated from the Faculty of Economics of the University of Latvia, and has attended the National School of Administration in France and the Swedish Institute of International Affairs.
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