European Commission

C/02/224

Brussel, 30 juli 2002

11405/02 (Presse 224)

De Raad van de Europese Unie is ervan in kennis gesteld dat de Ierse regering de heer Peter GUNNING benoemd heeft tot plaatsvervangend permanent vertegenwoordiger van Ierland bij de Europese Unie, ter vervanging van de heer James BRENNAN, die een andere functie gaat bekleden.

De heer Peter GUNNING is op 8 juli 2002 in functie getreden.

(Zijn curriculum vitae gaat hierbij).

BIJLAGE

Peter GUNNING

born 21 March 1951 in Dublin

Business address

Permanent Representation of Ireland

to the European Union

Rue Froissart 89-93

1040 Brussels

Tel: 02/2823 222

Fax: 02/230 3188

e-mail: peter.gunning@iveagh.irlgov.ie

Education

B. Sc., University College Dublin (1972)

M. Sc. (Chemistry) 1974

Career

July 2002

Deputy Permanent Representative of Ireland to the European Union

1998-2002

Irish Ambassador to Egypt, also accredited to Jordan, Syria, Lebanon and Sudan

1994-1998

Counsellor, Permanent Representation of Ireland to the EU (Antici Group)

1989-1994

Counsellor, Economic Division, Dept of Foreign Affairs (EU external relations)

1985-1989

Consul General of Ireland, Chicago

1981-1985

First Secretary, Dept of Foreign Affairs (Political Division, Middle East)

1978-1981

First Secretary and Chargé d'Affaires, Embassy of Ireland, Tehran

1976-1978

Third Secretary, Embassy of Ireland, Moscow

1974-1976

Third Secretary, Dept of Foreign Affairs