SOCIETY 384

AMBASSADORS' CALEIDOSCOPE
NEW ACCREDITATIONS
Côte d'Ivoire
H.E. Yacouba Cissé
Born on January 11, 1963
Germany
H.E. Vito Cecere
Born on February 20, 1967 in Bremen, Germany
image/s by Peter Lechner
EDUCATION
LL.M in Public Law, University of Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire
Master’s Degree in Marine Affairs, University of Rimouski,
Quebec, Canada
Ph.D. in Law, Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa, Canada
CAREER
1990-1992 Journalist, “Fraternité Matin” and “Patriote”,
Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire
1995-1999 Research Assistant in Law, Civil Law Section,
Faculty of Law, Ottawa University, Canada
1997 Guest researcher, Division of Ocean Affairs and the Law
of the Sea (DOALOS), New York, USA
1998-2006 Consultant and Researcher,
Canadian Ship-Source Oil Pollution Fund
2000-2009 Lecturer and adjunct professor of Law,
University of Ottawa
2001 Researcher and Legal advisor for Newfoundland and
Labrador in the dispute concerning the offshore boundary
delimitation against Nova Scotia
2002 Researcher and Legal advisor for New Zealand
concerning the delimitation of its continental shelf
boundary with Australia
2006 Guest researcher, International Tribunal for the Law of
the Sea, Hamburg, Germany
2010-2014 Member of Côte d'Ivoire National Commission
on Maritime Boundary delimitations between Côte d'Ivoire
and Ghana
Since 2016 Member of the International Law Commission,
Lawyer at the bar of Côte d'Ivoire, International Law
Professor at the Faculty of Law of the University of Bouake,
Côte d'Ivoire
2018 Guest Professor at the Hague Academy of International
Law, International Tribunal of the Law of the Sea and at
Washington College of Law
2019 Guest Professor, University of Warsaw, Faculty of Law
Since June 2023 Ambassador of Côte d'Ivoire to Austria
EDUCATION
Magister Degree in History, Political Science, Philosophy and
German Philology, University of Hannover
CAREER
1999-2000 Desk Officer for speeches and public affairs,
Minister of State Dr. Michael Naumann, Federal Chancellery
2000-2002 Desk Officer at the Policy Planning Staff (SPD Party)
2002-2003 Head of Office of the Federal Secretary (SPD Party)
2003-2004 Head of Public Affairs, Group Representation,
Office Berlin
2004-2005 Head of the Planning Group at the group
chairman’s office (SPD parliamentary group, German
Bundestag)
2005-2007 Head of Division of the Policy Planning Staff,
Federal Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs
2007-2009 Head of Division in the Coordination Staff,
German Federal Foreign Office
2010 Political Advisor, Department for Culture and
Communication, German Federal Foreign Office
2010 Head of the Cultural Department, German Embassy in
Rome
2010-2011 Head of Division on Culture and Media Relations
with Europe, North America, Türkiye, Russia, Caucasus,
Central Asia, German Federal Foreign Office
2011-2014 Head of Division on Information and
Communication, Germany’s image abroad, German Federal
Foreign Office
2014-2019 Chief Information Officer, CIO, German Federal
Foreign Office
2019-2023 Director for Academic Relations, Education and
Research Policy, German Federal Foreign Office
Since September 2023 Ambassador to Austria
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