President Benigno S. Aquino III welcomed four
new ambassadors to the Philippines who presented their credentials in
Malacañang on Thursday (Nov. 5).
The President, together with Foreign Affairs
Secretary Albert del Rosario, met Aruni Ranaraja of Sri Lanka, European Union
(EU) head of delegation to the Philippines Franz Jessen, Thierry Mathou of
France, and Andrea Reichlin of Switzerland in separate courtesy calls at the
Palace’s Music Room.
Ambassador Aruni Ranaraja has a Masters in
International Relations degree from the State University of Kiev in Ukraine.
She was formerly a director of the United Nations Multilateral Affairs, Human
Rights and Conferences Division.
Ambassador Franz Jessen was former EU head of
delegation to Vietnam and former head of division for China, Hong Kong, Macau,
Taiwan, and Mongolia of the European External Action Service (Brussels). He was
also former deputy head of delegation of the European Commission in Beijing. He
has a Doctor of Philosophy in Economics from the Virginia Tech in the United
States.
Ambassador Thierry Mathou earned his doctorate
degrees in political sciences and Asian studies from the Institut d'Etudes
Politiques de Paris in France and University of California in Berkeley. He
served as ambassador to Myanmar and was former consul general at the French
Embassy in China.
Aside from the Philippines, Ambassador Reichlin
also has jurisdiction over Palau, Marshall Islands and the Federated States of
Micronesia. She was former ambassador to the United Arab Emirates, Jordan and
Sudan, and former head of Economic, Financial and European Affairs at the Swiss
Embassy in Paris, France.
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