United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: Josep Borrell announces first head of EU delegation in London

24.01.2020
Brussels

Josep Borrell, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, announces today the appointment of Mr. João Vale de Almeida as the first Head of the future EU Delegation to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. This has been duly notified to the United Kingdom. Mr. Vale de Almeida will take up his new functions on 1 February 2020. 

 As of that date, the United Kingdom will be a third country and as a consequence, the representation of the Union will be ensured by an EU Delegation. 

 João Vale de Almeida is a senior European Union diplomat, who served as EU Ambassador to the United Nations from 2015 to 2019, and previously as the first EU Ambassador to the United States of America, from 2010 to 2014.

 Biography of João Vale de Almeida

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