Cristina Funes-Noppen

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Cristina Funes-Noppen
Born
Como, Italy
NationalityBelgian
Italian
Alma mater Georgetown University
Université libre de Bruxelles
Jamia Millia College
Occupation(s)Diplomat
Artist
Writer
Website www.info-cristinafunesnoppen.com

Cristina Funes-Noppen is a Belgian diplomat, artist, and writer. [1] [2] [3]

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Early life and education

Cristina Funes-Noppen, born in Como, Italy. [4] Her father, Hermann Noppen, was a diplomat and her mother, Maria Noppen De Matteis, was an artist. [5] [6]

Funes-Noppen attended Georgetown University from 1964 to 1966, where she studied interpretation and foreign management. [7] Later, she studied Indian culture in 1967 at Jamia Millia College in New Delhi. [8] She also studied political and diplomatic sciences between 1967 and 1971 at the Université libre de Bruxelles. [4] [9] She wrote her thesis on the Mau Mau movement with Professor Kipkorir of the University of Nairobi. [7]

Career

Funes-Noppen began her career as attaché in Rome when she joined the Kingdom of Belgium's Foreign Service in February 1973. [9] [1] A year later, she was appointed vice-consul in Amsterdam. [6]

From 1975 to 1978, she served as Belgium's Deputy Representative at UNESCO. [6]

Between 1978 and 1982, Funes-Noppen was appointed as the First Secretary in New Delhi. [6]

In 1982, Funes-Noppen moved to Geneva, where she served as the First Secretary for the Permanent Representation to the United Nations in Geneva until 1985. [8] [6] In 1982, she delivered an address to the United Nations Human Rights Commission in Geneva, condemning female genital mutilation in Africa. [2]

In 1985, she was appointed Ambassador of Belgium to Zambia, a position she held until 1987. [8] [6] [1]

In 1988, Funes-Noppen took on the role of Ambassador of Belgium in Nairobi, Kenya, and Permanent Representative to the United Nations in Nairobi, serving until 1991. [8] [10] [6] At the very end of 1990, she negotiated the release of two hostage MSF doctors of Belgian and Dutch nationality held by the South Sudan Liberation Army. [7]

In 1991, she returned to New Delhi, assuming the role of Ambassador of Belgium to India, which she held until 1995. [8] [6]

In 1995, Funes-Noppen returned to Brussels, where she worked with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on the United Nations, Human Rights, and Disarmament desks for two years. [8] [6]

From 1997 to 2000, she served as the ambassador of Belgium to Thailand. [11] [6]

Between 2000 and 2002, Funes-Noppen worked as a Special Commissioner for Development Cooperation. [6] From 2002 to 2005, she was the Ambassador of Belgium to Morocco. [8] [6]

From 2005 to 2007, she served as both the Belgian Ambassador to Nairobi and the Permanent Representative to the UN in Nairobi. During this period, she also became a member of the International Advisory Committee on Somalia. [8]

From September 2007 to January 2009, Funes-Noppen served as the Ambassador of Belgium to Austria. [9] [12] During the same period, she also served as Belgium's Permanent Representative to the United Nations in Vienna. [8]

In 2009, Funes-Noppen was appointed as the Ambassador of Belgium to Argentina, serving until 2011. [4] [13]

After her retirement in 2011, Funes-Noppen now works as an artist and writer and has exhibited her artwork in multiple galleries. [14] [15] [16]

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