Cabinet of Catherine Ashton
High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy
Vice-President of the Commission
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James MORRISON (JM)
Head of Cabinet
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Assistants:
Deirdre Hughes
Elizabeth Ann Byrne
Substitute: OR
- Overall strategic coordination
- European Council
- Corporate Board
- Hebdo
- US (State Dept.)
- COREPER
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Oliver RENTSCHLER (OR)
Deputy Head of Cabinet
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Assistant
Ziva Kokolj
Substitute: CP
- FAC Coordination
- CSDP
- NATO
- Comprehensive Approach
- Crisis Response
- Stability Instrument
- Afghanistan/Pakistan
- EDA
- EU SatCen
- INTCEN
- Staffing
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Helene HOLM-PEDERSEN (HHP)
HRVP Chief of Protocol
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Assistant
Fatmire Kamberi, Monica Baraldi
- Protocol
- Travel
- Special Events
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Cristina CASTAGNOLI (CC)
Advisor
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Assistant
Giulia Matticari
Substitute: OR
- European Parliament - Adviser
- European Ombudsman
- Election Observation
- GRI
- Petitions
- Inter-Institutional issues
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Colin SCICLUNA (CS)
Member
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Assistant
Karen Ramsey
Substitute: SS
- Southern Neighbourhood
- MEPP
- Iraq
- Maghreb/Mashreq
- Gulf States
- UFM
- OIC
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Miguel CEBALLOS BARON (MC)
Member
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Assistant
Julie Soelver
Substitute: EB
- Asia (with exception AFG/PAK)
- Industry
- Competition
- Trade
- Climate
- Environment
- Agriculture + Fisheries
- Transport
- Health
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Monika KACINSKIENE (MK)
Member
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Assistant
Paula Cejalvo Cabral
Substitute: CP
- Balkans and Central Asia
- Eastern Neighbourhood
- Russia
- Arctic
- Turkey
- Western Europe
- Enlargement
- Research
- Employment and Social Affairs
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Suvi SEPPÄLÄINEN (SS)
Member
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Assistant
Paula Cejalvo Cabral
Substitute: CS
- Africa
- Caribbean
- Development
- Conflict Prevention/Mediation
- Human Rights
- FAC (Development) *with Oliver Rentschler
- Justice
- Home Affairs
- Digital Agenda
- Education and Culture
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Emma TUNNEY (ET)
Private Secretary
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Substitute: MCR
- Logistics, planning, travel
- Briefing co-ordination
- Security Liaison Officer (Alternate)
- Front Office Management
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Personal assistants to HR/VP Catherine Ashton
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Miriam Cunill Rafael
Personal Assistant
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Sonia Azzopardi
Personal assistant
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Vérane Pravda-Starov
Personal Assistant
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Assistants to Cabinet members
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Deirdre Hughes
Assistant to James Morrison
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Elizabeth Ann Byrne
Assistant to James Morrison
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Karen Ramsey
Assistant to Colin Scicluna
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Julie Soelver
Assistant to Edward Bannerman and Miguel Ceballos Baron
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Paula Cejalvo Cabral
Assistant to Suvi Seppäläinen
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Monica Baraldi
Assistant to Christophe Parisot and Helene Holm-Pedersen
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Giulia Matticari
Assistant to Cristina Castagnoli
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Ziva Kokolj
Assistant to Oliver Rentschler
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Fatmire Kamberi
Assistant to Christophe Parisot and Helene Holm-Pedersen
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- (currently on maternity leave)
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Elena Valavani
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Taha Essefiani
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Veronique Jamsin
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