Who is Who Informal meeting of defence ministers Wednesday 29 to Thursday 30 August 2018
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Imprint
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
A u s t r i a n P r e s i d e n c y o f t h e C o u n c i l o f t h e E u r o p e a n U n i o n W h o i s W h o
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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)