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ICELAND - H.E. Helga Hauksdóttir Credentials: 28.09.2023 Born on February 18, 1969 Married, one child EDUCATION 1988 – 1994: University of Iceland, Faculty of Law, Reykjavík, Iceland Cand. Jur. July 2008: Rhodes Academy on Oceans Law and Policy, Course on Oceans and the Law of the Sea 2011-2013: Alliance Francaise, Diplôme d´Études en Langue Française DELF A2 (completed in May 2012) DELF B1 (completed in December 2013) 2015: Starfsmennt (The Educational Training Center for Public Employees) Course on Icelandic Standards (IST) for equal pay PROFESSIONAL CAREER 1994 - 1998: Office of the District Commissioner in the Vestman Islands, Iceland 19 July 1994 – 30 April 1998: Deputy 1 May – 30 June 1998: Acting District Commissioner 1 July 1998 – to date: Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Reykjavík 1998-2001: First Secretary, Defence Department (legal adviser) 2001-2002: First Secretary, Office of the Legal Adviser 2002-2005: Counsellor, Permanent Mission of Iceland to the United Nations, New York (portfolio included 2nd, 3rd and 6th committees, oceans and the law of the sea) 2005-2007: Counsellor, Embassy of Iceland, Stockholm, Sweden 1 August 2007 – 14 September 2009: Counsellor, Department for International Affairs, MFA, Reykjavík, Iceland, from (portfolio included coordination of UN issues, climate change, oceans and fisheries, and legal questions, mostly in regard to domestic law) 15 September 2009-31 July 2016: Director, Human Resources, MFA, Reykjavík, Iceland 1 January 2016: Appointed Ambassador 1 August 2016-31 July 2019: Director General, Directorate for Legal and Executive Affairs 2017-18: President of the 27th Meeting of States Parties to the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea August 2019-December 2022: Ambassador, Embassy of Iceland, Copenhagen, Denmark, 1 August 2019 (also accredited to Australia and Turkey, accredited to Romania and Bulgaria from August 2019-December 2022) OTHER 2013 – 2018: Chairman for and member of advisory boards for appointments of Directors General in Ministries of the Government of Iceland 2023: Awarded Order of the Dannebrog by H.M. The Queen of Denmark Fotos: Peter Lechner/HBF und Paul Kulec/HBF MEHR ANZEIGEN

Botschafter

ICELAND - H.E. Helga Hauksdóttir

Credentials: 28.09.2023

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Born on February 18, 1969
Married, one child

EDUCATION

1988 – 1994: University of Iceland, Faculty of Law, Reykjavík, Iceland
Cand. Jur.
July 2008: Rhodes Academy on Oceans Law and Policy,
Course on Oceans and the Law of the Sea
2011-2013: Alliance Francaise, Diplôme d´Études en Langue Française
DELF A2 (completed in May 2012)
DELF B1 (completed in December 2013)
2015: Starfsmennt (The Educational Training Center for Public Employees)
Course on Icelandic Standards (IST) for equal pay

PROFESSIONAL CAREER

1994 - 1998: Office of the District Commissioner in the Vestman Islands, Iceland
19 July 1994 – 30 April 1998: Deputy
1 May – 30 June 1998: Acting District Commissioner
1 July 1998 – to date: Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Reykjavík
1998-2001: First Secretary, Defence Department (legal adviser)
2001-2002: First Secretary, Office of the Legal Adviser
2002-2005: Counsellor, Permanent Mission of Iceland to the United Nations, New York (portfolio included 2nd, 3rd and 6th committees, oceans and the law of the sea)
2005-2007: Counsellor, Embassy of Iceland, Stockholm, Sweden
1 August 2007 – 14 September 2009: Counsellor, Department for International Affairs, MFA, Reykjavík, Iceland, from (portfolio included coordination of UN issues, climate change, oceans and fisheries, and legal questions, mostly in regard to domestic law)
15 September 2009-31 July 2016: Director, Human Resources, MFA, Reykjavík, Iceland
1 January 2016: Appointed Ambassador
1 August 2016-31 July 2019: Director General, Directorate for Legal and Executive Affairs
2017-18: President of the 27th Meeting of States Parties to the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea
August 2019-December 2022: Ambassador, Embassy of Iceland, Copenhagen, Denmark, 1 August 2019 (also accredited to Australia and Turkey, accredited to Romania and Bulgaria from August 2019-December 2022)

OTHER

2013 – 2018: Chairman for and member of advisory boards for appointments of Directors General in Ministries of the Government of Iceland
2023: Awarded Order of the Dannebrog by H.M. The Queen of Denmark

Fotos: Peter Lechner/HBF und Paul Kulec/HBF