Tibor Kiss - State Secretary for EU Affairs

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Personal data

Name: Tibor KISS

Date and place of birth: 9 October 1954, Budapest, Hungary

Marital status: married, two adult children

Education: Karl Marx University of Economic Sciences, Faculty of International relations, Budapest (1977)

Languages: English, French, Dutch (advanced level); German

Work experience

2010 - State Secretary for EU Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

2004 – 2009 Ambassador, Permanent Representative to the European Union, Brussels

2002 – 2004 Ambassador to the Kingdom of the Netherlands (also Permanent Representative to the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, OPCW), The Hague

2000 – 2002 Deputy Head of Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Department for Northern and Western Europe

1995 – 1999 Ambassador to the Kingdom of Belgium, also accredited to the Grand-Duchy of Luxemburg, Brussels

1993 - 1994 Head of Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Department for European Integration

1992 - 1993 Head of Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Department for European Communities

1989 – 1992 First Counsellor, Deputy Chief of Mission, Embassy of Hungary in Brussels, Belgium

1985 – 1989 Desk Officer, Head of US Desk, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Department for North Atlantic Region

1980 – 1985 Attaché, Third Secretary, Embassy of Hungary in The Hague, the Netherlands

1977 – 1980 Desk Officer, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Department for Economic Policy

Public engagement

Founding member and former Vice President of the Hungarian Atlantic Council

Member of the Advisory Board of the Hungarian European Studies (Europe, 2000) Foundation

Decorations

Commander’s Cross Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary (civil division)

Grand Officer de l’Ordre de Léopold II (Belgium)