Ambassador Christina Rafti
CV
October 2021 – present
Permanent Representative of Cyprus to the EU
September 2019 – October 2021
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Nicosia
- Director of Middle East and Africa Division
- National Coordinator for the Trilateral Cooperation Mechanisms
October 2015 – August 2019
Ambassador of Cyprus to Lebanon with parallel accreditation as Chargée d’Affaires of Cyprus to Syria
August 2014 - September 2015
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Nicosia
- Head of Multilateral Affairs and International Organizations Department
March 2014 - July 2014
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Nicosia
- Head of Schengen Department
September 2009 - February 2014
Permanent Representation of Cyprus to the UN, New York:
- Deputy Permanent Representative
- Vice-Chair of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee
(Fourth Committee) during 2013-14
September 2008 - August 2009
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Nicosia
- Head of Bilateral Relations with the EU and Neighboring Countries Department
September 2007 - August 2008
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Nicosia
- Cyprus Question Division
September 2002 – August 2007
Permanent Representation of Cyprus to the EU, Brussels
- Antici
- Institutional issues
September 1998 - August 2002
Embassy of Cyprus in Spain, Madrid
- Deputy Head of Mission and Consul
September 1997
Enters the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Nicosia
QUALIFICATIONS
1993 BA in Law
National and Capodistrian University of Athens, GREECE
1994 Qualifies as a member to the Cyprus Bar
1995 LLM in Law in Development
University of Warwick, UK
LANGUAGES
Greek, English and Spanish