SOCIETY 384
The latest issue of SOCIETY features Türkiye and Indonesia, as well as the late politician Henry Kissinger, an interview with Olga Stefanishyna and interviews with the Ambassadors of Kazakhstan, the Netherlands, Philippines, Slovakia and Thailand.
The latest issue of SOCIETY features Türkiye and Indonesia, as well as the late politician Henry Kissinger, an interview with Olga Stefanishyna and interviews with the Ambassadors of Kazakhstan, the Netherlands, Philippines, Slovakia and Thailand.
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AMBASSADORS' CALEIDOSCOPE<br />
NEW ACCREDITATIONS<br />
Côte d'Ivoire<br />
H.E. Yacouba Cissé<br />
Born on January 11, 1963<br />
Germany<br />
H.E. Vito Cecere<br />
Born on February 20, 1967 in Bremen, Germany<br />
image/s by Peter Lechner<br />
EDUCATION<br />
LL.M in Public Law, University of Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire<br />
Master’s Degree in Marine Affairs, University of Rimouski,<br />
Quebec, Canada<br />
Ph.D. in Law, Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa, Canada<br />
CAREER<br />
1990-1992 Journalist, “Fraternité Matin” and “Patriote”,<br />
Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire<br />
1995-1999 Research Assistant in Law, Civil Law Section,<br />
Faculty of Law, Ottawa University, Canada<br />
1997 Guest researcher, Division of Ocean Affairs and the Law<br />
of the Sea (DOALOS), New York, USA<br />
1998-2006 Consultant and Researcher,<br />
Canadian Ship-Source Oil Pollution Fund<br />
2000-2009 Lecturer and adjunct professor of Law,<br />
University of Ottawa<br />
2001 Researcher and Legal advisor for Newfoundland and<br />
Labrador in the dispute concerning the offshore boundary<br />
delimitation against Nova Scotia<br />
2002 Researcher and Legal advisor for New Zealand<br />
concerning the delimitation of its continental shelf<br />
boundary with Australia<br />
2006 Guest researcher, International Tribunal for the Law of<br />
the Sea, Hamburg, Germany<br />
2010-2014 Member of Côte d'Ivoire National Commission<br />
on Maritime Boundary delimitations between Côte d'Ivoire<br />
and Ghana<br />
Since 2016 Member of the International Law Commission,<br />
Lawyer at the bar of Côte d'Ivoire, International Law<br />
Professor at the Faculty of Law of the University of Bouake,<br />
Côte d'Ivoire<br />
2018 Guest Professor at the Hague Academy of International<br />
Law, International Tribunal of the Law of the Sea and at<br />
Washington College of Law<br />
2019 Guest Professor, University of Warsaw, Faculty of Law<br />
Since June 2023 Ambassador of Côte d'Ivoire to Austria<br />
EDUCATION<br />
Magister Degree in History, Political Science, Philosophy and<br />
German Philology, University of Hannover<br />
CAREER<br />
1999-2000 Desk Officer for speeches and public affairs,<br />
Minister of State Dr. Michael Naumann, Federal Chancellery<br />
2000-2002 Desk Officer at the Policy Planning Staff (SPD Party)<br />
2002-2003 Head of Office of the Federal Secretary (SPD Party)<br />
2003-2004 Head of Public Affairs, Group Representation,<br />
Office Berlin<br />
2004-2005 Head of the Planning Group at the group<br />
chairman’s office (SPD parliamentary group, German<br />
Bundestag)<br />
2005-2007 Head of Division of the Policy Planning Staff,<br />
Federal Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs<br />
2007-2009 Head of Division in the Coordination Staff,<br />
German Federal Foreign Office<br />
2010 Political Advisor, Department for Culture and<br />
Communication, German Federal Foreign Office<br />
2010 Head of the Cultural Department, German Embassy in<br />
Rome<br />
2010-2011 Head of Division on Culture and Media Relations<br />
with Europe, North America, Türkiye, Russia, Caucasus,<br />
Central Asia, German Federal Foreign Office<br />
2011-2014 Head of Division on Information and<br />
Communication, Germany’s image abroad, German Federal<br />
Foreign Office<br />
2014-2019 Chief Information Officer, CIO, German Federal<br />
Foreign Office<br />
2019-2023 Director for Academic Relations, Education and<br />
Research Policy, German Federal Foreign Office<br />
Since September 2023 Ambassador to Austria<br />
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