NEW NATO
SENIOR CIVILIAN REPRESENTATIVE IN AFGHANISTAN
APPOINTMENT OF
AMBASSADOR FERNANDO GENTILINI
The NATO Secretary General, Mr. Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, is pleased to
announce the appointment of Ambassador Fernando Gentilini of
Italy to the
position of NATO Senior Civilian Representative in
Afghanistan.
Mr. Gentilini, whose biography is attached, has a long and distinguished
career in the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, including senior positions as
the European Union High Representative’s Personal Representative to Kosovo in
2004 and most recently as Deputy Diplomatic Advisor to the Italian Prime
Minister since August 2006.
Mr. Gentilini replaces Ambassador Daan Everts who served as NATO’s second
Senior Civilian Representative in
Afghanistan from
August 2006 to December 2007.
Following Ambassador Everts’ departure in December 2007,
Ambassador Maurits R. Jochems ably fulfilled the duties of NATO
Senior Civilian Representative in an acting capacity from January
2008.
As Senior Civilian Representative, Mr. Gentilini will be responsible for
carrying forward the political-military aspects of the
Alliance’s assistance to the Afghan
Government. He will work closely
with ISAF, the United Nations and other co-ordinating bodies established by the
international community and the Afghan Government in
Kabul.
Fernando
GENTILINI
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Born
in Subiaco (Rome),
Italy,
2nd
March 1962;
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Graduated
in Law from the University
of Rome,
1986;
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Joined
the Italian Diplomatic Service in February 1990; first assigned to Department of
Human Resources and Administration, Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in
Rome;
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Second
Secretary
(Economics and Trade) at the Italian Embassy in Addis
Ababa
(Ethiopia),
July 1992;
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Promoted to First Secretary of Legation, January
1995;
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First
Secretary
at the Italian Permanent Representation
to the E.U. in Brussels,
December 1996;
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Seconded as Italian
Representative within the Policy Planning and Early Warning Unit at the E.U. Council Secretariat, under the
authority of the High Representative for the E.U. Common Foreign and Security
Policy, December 1999;
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Promoted
to Counsellor of Legation, Rome,
July 2000;
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Posted
to MFA’s Department of European Countries as Head of Unit for Western Balkans,
Rome,
December 2002;
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Seconded as E.U. High
Representative’s Personal Representative to Kosovo, April 2004;
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Promoted to Counsellor of Embassy, July
2004;
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Seconded
to the Policy Unit at the Office of the
Secretary General/High Representative for the CFSP in
Brussels,
December 2004;
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Seconded
to the Presidency of the Council as Deputy Diplomatic Advisor to the Italian
Prime Minister, Rome,
August 2006;
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Second Lieutenant (short service) of the Italian Army (Artillery), March
1987;
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Awarded the Italian Honour, “Cavaliere Ufficiale dell’Ordine al Merito
della Repubblica” in
2006.