Bettina Muscheidt

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Bettina Muscheidt is a German diplomat. She has served as Ambassador of the European Union to Nicaragua and previously served as the Ambassador to Yemen and Libya. [1]

Biography

Muscheidt has a graduate degree from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University in Medford and Somerville, Massachusetts, [2] then studied a masters degree in Agricultural and Development Economics from the University of Bonn in Bonn, Germany. [1]

Before entering diplomatic service, Muscheidt had a career in banking, working as Senior Policy Officer with the European Investment Bank in Brussels, Belgium and as Country Officer of West Bank in Luxembourg. [3]

Muscheidt was appointed Ambassador of the European Union to Yemen in 2012. [3] She has also served in the European External Action Service. [3] In 2017, she was Ambassador of the European Union to Libya. [4]

On 20 September 2021, Muscheidt was appointed Ambassador of the European Union to Nicaragua, [5] [6] succeeding Pelayo Castro from Spain. [7] [8] In September 2022, Nicaragua declared her persona non grata and asked her to leave. [9] [10] The declaration came days after Charles Michel, EU delegate to the United Nations, condemned the government of Nicaragua and urged President Daniel Ortega to "restore democracy." As a result, she was expelled. She left the country on 1 October 2022, three days after being asked to leave. [11] [12]

References

  1. 1 2 "About the Ambassador". Delegation of the European Union to Nicaragua. Retrieved 18 January 2023.
  2. ↑ "CONVERSATION ON YEMEN WITH BETTINA MUSCHEIDT (GMAP01)". Tufts University. March 2016. Retrieved 18 January 2023.
  3. 1 2 3 Zimmermann, Lori (1 March 2016). "Conversation on Yemen with Bettina Muscheidt (GMAP01)". Henry J. Leir Institute for Migration and Human Security. Retrieved 31 August 2025.
  4. ↑ "International and Libyan partners held a workshop to turn the Hai-Al-Andalus into a model police station". eurogendfor.org. 19 October 2017. Retrieved 31 August 2025.
  5. ↑ "UE nombra nueva embajadora en Nicaragua. Ha liderado delegaciones en Yemen y Libia". Artículo 66 (in Spanish). 20 September 2021. Retrieved 31 August 2025.
  6. ↑ "Bettina Muscheidt: «Una de mis funciones en Nicaragua será promover el diálogo»". Artículo 66 (in Spanish). 20 October 2021. Retrieved 31 August 2025.
  7. ↑ "Bettina Muscheidt, embajadora de la Unión Europea declarada "non grata" en Nicaragua". IP Nicaragua (in Spanish). 28 September 2022. Retrieved 31 August 2025.
  8. ↑ "New European Union Ambassador to Nicaragua • Nica-Biz". Nica-Biz. 20 September 2021. Retrieved 31 August 2025.
  9. ↑ "Nicaragua declares the EU ambassador 'persona non grata'". Euractiv. 29 September 2022. Retrieved 18 January 2023.
  10. ↑ "EU declares Nicaraguan envoy 'persona non grata' as tensions rise". Al Jazeera. 10 October 2022. Retrieved 31 August 2025.
  11. ↑ "EU ambassador leaves Nicaragua in week of diplomatic tensions". Reuters. 1 October 2022. Retrieved 18 January 2023.
  12. ↑ "Sale de Nicaragua embajadora de la UE: concluye semana letal de la dictadura contra la comunidad internacional". La Prensa (in Spanish). 1 October 2022. Retrieved 31 August 2025.
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