Luxembourg's Minister for Foreign and European Affairs, Jean Asselborn, has announced a number of new appointments at diplomatic missions abroad.
The designated new heads of diplomatic missions abroad include:
- Mrs Arlette Conzemius, Ambassador to Brussels and Permanent Representative to NATO
- Jean-Jacques Welfring, Abbassador to Portugal (Lisbon) - currently Ambassador to Belgium (Brussels)
- Mrs Sylvie Lucas, Ambassador to the USA (Washington) - currently Ambassador to the United Nations
- Jean-Claude Knebeler, Ambassador to Russia (Moscow) - currently Consul General in New York
- Conrad Bruch, Ambassador to Poland (Warsaw)
- Georges Faber, Ambassador to Turkey (Ankara) - currently Ambassador to Poland
And the designated new Permanent Representatives include:
- Christian Braun, Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York - currently Permanent Representative to the European Union
- Georges Friden, Permanent Representative to the European Union - currently deputy Permanent Representative to the European Union
- Mike Hentges, deputy Permanent Representative to the European Union
Other nominations include:
- Pierre Ferring, Director of Finances and Human Resources
- Jeanne Crauser, Consul General to New York
- Pierre Franck, Consul General to San Fransisco
The nominations are expected to take effect in September 2016, following their presentations to the countries councerned.
