Lars-Gunnar Wigemark

Lars-Gunnar Bertil Wigemark (born 20 March 1960)[3] is a Swedish diplomat.

Lars-Gunnar Wigemark
Head of Mission of EULEX
Assumed office
29 November 2019
Preceded byAlexandra Papadopoulou
EU Ambassador and EU Special Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina
In office
1 March 2015 – 31 August 2019[1]
Preceded byPeter Sørensen
Succeeded byJohann Sattler[2]
Ambassadors of the European Union to Pakistan
In office
2011–2015
Succeeded byJean François Cautain
Personal details
Born (1960-03-20) 20 March 1960
Göteborg, Sweden
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Alma materHarvard University

Career

He was born on March 20, 1960, in Göteborg, Sweden.[4] He graduated from Harvard University in 1984 with an A.B. magna cum laude in Social Sciences and holds a master's degree from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy in International Law and Economics.[5]

In September 2010, the European Union High Representative Catherine Ashton appointed him as one of the first EU ambassadors as an ambassador to Pakistan.[6] He took the post in 2011 and took it until 2015.[3] He served from 2015 to 2019 as the EU Ambassador and Special Representative to Bosnia and Herzegovina. In 2019, he was EU Ambassador at Large for the Arctic. Since 2019, Wigemark serves as head of the EULEX Kosovo mission.[3][7]

References
  1. "Council Decision (CFSP) 2018/908 of 25 June 2018 extending the mandate of the European Union Special Representative in Bosnia and Herzegovina". 26 June 2018.
  2. "Council Decision (CFSP) 2019/1340 of 8 August 2019 appointing the European Union Special Representative in Bosnia and Herzegovina". 9 August 2019. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
  3. "Head of Mission - EULEX - European Union Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo". www.eulex-kosovo.eu. Retrieved 2022-12-16.
  4. "Profile of Lars-Gunnar WIGEMARK" (PDF).
  5. "Head of EU Delegation and EU Special Representative". Europa.ba.
  6. "Profile of Lars-Gunnar WIGEMARK" (PDF).
  7. "EU Delegation / EU Special Representative in BiH". www.eubih.eu. Archived from the original on 2017-02-24.
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