Slovenian diplomat
Andrej Benedejčič in 2015 Andrej Benedejčič (born November 21, 1970, in Ljubljana ) is a Slovenian diplomat, currently serving as the Permanent Representative of the Republic of Slovenia to the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe and other International Organizations in Vienna .[ 1]
Biography
From 2011 to 2015 he was the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Slovenia on the Council of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization in Brussels .[ 2]
He was Director-General at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Slovenia , responsible for multilateral political relations and global issues from 2009 to 2011.[ 3]
From 2005 to 2008 he was the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Slovenia to the Russian Federation in Moscow .[ 4]
He was foreign policy advisor to the Prime Minister of Slovenia from 2001 to 2002 and to the President of Slovenia from 2003 to 2004.[ 5]
From 1998 to 1999 he was a member of the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Slovenia to the United Nations , serving as Alternate Representative in the United Nations Security Council .[ 6]
His wife's name is Minca and they have a daughter, Živa, born in August 2006 in Moscow . His cousin is the Slovenian football midfielder Igor Benedejčič .
He was awarded the Cyril and Methodius Prize by Patriarch Alexius II of the Russian Orthodox Church .[ 7]
From 2005 to 2008, he also served as Slovenia's non-resident ambassador to Belarus , Kazakhstan , Kyrgyzstan , Tajikistan ,[ 8] Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan . He graduated from Harvard University with a BA in economics.[ 9]
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