H.E. Andreas Melán
Ambassador of the Republic of Austria to Ethiopia in representation of the Austrian co-chair to AEEP

Dr. Andreas Melán graduated from the University of Vienna in 1985 and the European College in Bruges 1986 and joined the Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs of Austria in 1988. Dr. Melán was posted at the Austrian Embassies in Islamabad, Madrid, Athens and Buenos Aires. At the Foreign Ministry in Vienna he was head European Policy Department as well as the Latin American and Caribbean Department and Deputy Director of the Americas. From 2009 until 2013 he was appointed Austrian Ambassador to Lima, Peru, with cross-accreditations to Colombia, Bolivia and Ecuador. Currently, Ambassador Melán is serving as Austrian Ambassador to Ethiopia, with cross-accreditations to Djibouti, Uganda, South Sudan, Congo, as well as Permanent Representative to the African Union.