KUNSILL TAL-UNJONI EWROPEA MT Brussell, 30 ta' Jannar 2009 5943/09 (Presse 27) (OR. en) Sostituzzjoni tad-Deputat Rappreżentant Permanenti Portugiż għall-Unjoni Ewropea Il-Kunsill tal-Unjoni Ewropea ġie infurmat bil-ħatra mill-Gvern Portugiż tal-Ambaxxatur Ana Paula ZACARIAS bħala Deputat Rappreżentant Permanenti tal-Portugall għall-Unjoni Ewropea. L-Ambaxxatur ZACARIAS beda l-ħidmietu fis-7 ta' Jannar 2009. ( Curriculum vitae mehmuż). ANNEX CURRICULUM VITAE Ana Paula Zacarias Born in Lisbon, on the 5th of January, 1959 Divorced. Two children. Law studies at the Catholic University of Lisbon. Degree in Cultural Anthropology by the New University of Lisbon (Universidade Nova de Lisboa) Professional Activities : - 1983 – 1984 – Lecturer at the Faculty of Social Sciences, Universidade Nova de Lisboa - 1983 – Entered the Ministry of Foreign Affairs - 1983 – 1986 – Secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Protocol Service and Europe Department - 1986 – 1988 – Counsellor for International Relations at the President's Office - 1988 – 1993 – At the Embassy of Portugal in Washington, USA - 1993 – 1996 – Consul of Portugal in Curitiba, Brazil. - 1996 – 1998 – Director of the Press and Information Office at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Lisbon. Representative of the MFA to the World Exhibition of Lisbon (EXPO-98). - 1998 – 2000 – Vice President of the Cultural Institute Camões, Lisbon - 2000 - 2005 – Deputy Permanent Representative of Portugal to UNESCO, in Paris. Permanent Representative to the Union Latine. President of the Executive Council of the Union Latine. President of the Assembly of State Parties to the 1970 UNESCO Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property. Member of the Jury of the International Prize “Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity” 2005 – 2009 – Ambassador of Portugal to Estonia, Tallinn - January 2009 – Appointed Deputy Permanent Representative of Portugal to the European Union.