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  • Ms Ambassador Vibeke Pasternak Jørgensen
    Deputy Permanent Representative (Coreper I)
    Permanent Representation of Denmark to the EU

ABOUT

1992 Master of Law, University of Copenhagen, Denmark

1993 Master of International Law (LL.M), University of Cambridge, UK 

1993-1994Legal Assistant, Trowers and Hamlins Law Firm, London, UK

1994-1998Head of Section, EU Law, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Copenhagen

1998-1999First Secretary, Royal Danish Embassy, Bonn

1999-2001First Secretary, Royal Danish Embassy, Berlin

2001-2004Head of Section, EU Coordination, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Copenhagen

2005-2009Counsellor (“Mertens”), Permanent Representation of Denmark to the EU, Brussels

2009 -2013Head of Department, European Law, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Copenhagen

2013-2015Head of Department, European Policy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Copenhagen

2015 – Ambassador, Deputy Permanent Representative to the EU, Brussels