Who is Who Informal meeting of defence ministers Wednesday 29 to Thursday 30 August 2018

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Event: Informal meeting of defence ministers

Date: 29 August 2018

Venue: Museum of Military History (Heeresgeschichtliches Museum), Arsenal Objekt 1, 1030 Wien

Date: 30 August 2018

Venue: Permanent conference and media centre of the Austrian Presidency of the Council of the European Union in the Austria Center Vienna (ACV), Bruno-Kreisky-Platz 1, 1220 Vienna

Host: Federal Ministry of Defence

In cooperation with: European Commission: External Action Service

Editor: Austrian Presidency of the Council of the European Union

Version: 24 August 2018

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Heads of Delegation

AUSTRIA

Mario Kunasek

Federal Minister of Defence

BELGIUM

Steven Vandeput

Minister of Defence

BULGARIA

Krasimir Karakachanov

Minister of Defence

CROATIA

Damir Krstičević

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence

CYPRUS

Savvas Angelides

Minister of Defence

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CZECH REPUBLIC

Jakub Landovský

Deputy Minister of Defence

DENMARK

Claus Hjort Frederiksen

Minister of Defence

ESTONIA

Jüri Luik

Minister of Defence

FINLAND

Sofie From-Emmesberger

Ambassador to the Political and Security Committee

FRANCE

Florence Parly

Minister of Defence

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GERMANY

Ursula von der Leyen

Minister of Defence

GREECE

Panagiotis Kammenos

Minister of Defence

HUNGARY

Tibor Benkő

Minister of Defence

IRELAND

Paul Kehoe, T.D.

Minister with Responsibility for Defence

ITALY

Elisabetta Trenta

Minister of Defence

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LATVIA

Raimonds Bergmanis

Minister of Defence

LITHUANIA

Raimondas Karoblis

Minister of Defence

LUXEMBOURG

Patrick Engelberg

Ambassador to the Political and Security Committee

MALTA

Michael Farrugia

Minister for Home Affairs and National Security

POLAND

Tomasz Szatkowski

Undersecretary of State

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PORTUGAL

José Alberto Azeredo Lopes

Minister of Defence

ROMANIA

Mihai-Viorel Fifor

Minister of Defence

SLOVAKIA

Peter Gajdos

Minister of Defence

SLOVENIA

Andrea Katic

Minister of Defence

SPAIN

Juan Francisco Martínez Núñez

Secretary General for Defence Policy

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SWEDEN

Jan Salestrand

State Secretary to the Minister for Defence

THE NETHERLANDS

Anna Bijleveld-Schouten

Minister of Defence

UNITED KINGDOM

Earl Howe

Minister of State for Defence

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European Institutions and International Organisations

EUROPEAN EXTERNAL ACTION SERVICE

Federica Mogherini

High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy/ Vice-President of the Commission

EUROPEAN EXTERNAL ACTION SERVICE DG-CSDPCR

Pedro Serrano

Deputy Secretary General for Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) and Crisis Response

EUROPEAN EXTERNAL ACTION SERVICE CRISIS MANAGEMENT AND PLANNING DIRECTORATE

Gabor Iklody

Director CMPD

EUROPEAN COMMISSION

Elzbieta Bieńkowska

Commissioner for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs

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EUROPEAN DEFENCE AGENCY

Jorge Domecq

Chief Executive

EU MILITARY COMMITTEE

Mikhail Kostarakos

Chairman

EU MILITARY STAFF

Esa Pulkkinen

Director General

GENERAL SECRETARIAT OF THE COUNCIL

Leonardo Schiavo

Director-General for Foreign Affairs, Enlargement and Civil Protection (RELEX)

NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION

Rose Gottemoeller

Deputy Secretary General

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POLITICAL AND SECURITY COMMITTEE

Walter Stevens

Chair

UNITED NATIONS

Jean-Pierre Lacroix

Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations

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Photo Credits

Heads of Delegation

Angelides © Ministry of Defence Cyprus

Azeredo Lopes © Portuguese Republic Government

Benkő © Government of Hungary (kormany.hu)

Bergmanis © Ministry of Latvia archive

Bijleveld-Schouten © Ministry of Defence of The Netherlands

Engelberg © Christine Bory

Farrugia © Ministry for Home Affairs and National Security

Fifor © Romanian MoND website

Frederiksen © Ministry of Defence Denmark

From-Emmesberger © Privat

Gajdos © Defence Ministry of Slovakia

Howe © UK Government

Kammenos © Ministry of National Defence of the Hellenic Republic

Karakachanov © Ministry of Defence of the Republic Bulgaria

Karoblis © Lithuanian MoD Photo by Alfredas Pliadis

Katic © Defence Ministry of the Republic of Slovenia

Kehoe, T.D. © Department of Defence Ireland

Krstičević © Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Croatia

Kunasek © Bundesheer/Harald Minich

Landovský © Ministry of Defence& Armed Forces of the Czech Republic

Luik © Government Office of Estonia

Martínez Núñez © Ministerio de Defensa de España

Parly © Benjamin Cremel/AFP

Salestrand © Martina Huber/Regeringskansliet

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Szatkowski © Ministry of National Defence of the Republic of Poland

Trenta © Ministero della Difesa

Vandeput © FPS Chancellery of the Prime Minister

von der Leyen © Bundeswehr/Sebastian Wilke

European Institutions and International Organisations

Bieńkowska © European Union

Domecq © European Defence Agency, 2015

Gottemoeller © NATO

Iklody © European Union

Kostarakos © CEUMC

Lacroix © UN Photo/Rick Bajornas

Mogherini © European Council

Pulkkinen © European Union

Schiavo © European Union

Serrano © UNICEFNYHQ2011-0834/Markisz

Stevens © Arno Mikkor (EU2017EE)