Islands ambassad – Helsingfors, Finland

Norra esplanaden 27 C FIN-00100 Helsingfors - Tfn: +358 (9) 612 2460



Ambassadör

Ambassadör

Curriculum Vitae

Mr. Hannes Heimisson

Mr. Hannes Heimisson, Ambassador

Born 25 March 1960, in Reykjavík.


2006


Presentation of Credentials as Ambassador of Iceland to Lithuania (23.03.2006).


2006


Presentation of Credentials as Ambassador of Iceland to Latvia (14.03.2006).


2006


Presentation of Credentials as Ambassador of Iceland to Estonia (26.01.2006).


2005


Presentation of Credentials as Ambassador of Iceland to Finland (24.11.2005).


1.1.2005



Appointed Ambassador of Iceland to Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and the Ukraine, with residence in Helsinki.


2003 – 2005


Consul General, New York.


1999 - 2003


Director, Department of Information, Cultural Affairs and Consular Liaison, Ministry for Foreign Affairs.


1997 – 1999



Chargé d´Affaires ad interim, Embassy of Iceland, Helsinki. The first Icelandic diplomat with a permanent residence in Helsinki.


1997


Minister-Counsellor.


1996 – 1997



Counsellor, Political Department. Responsible for Nordic co-operation and Council of the Baltic Sea States.


1995 – 1996


Deputy Director, Defense Department.


1995


Counsellor.


1992 – 1995


First Secretary, Embassy of Iceland, Stockholm.


1988 – 1992


First Secretary, Embassy of Iceland, Paris.


1987 - 1988


First Secretary, Department of Administration.


1986 – 1987


First Secretary, Defense Department.


1986


Appointed First Secretary, Ministry for Foreign Affairs.


1984 – 1986


Journalist at the Dagbladid-Visir newspaper.


1984


BA in International Relations from the United States International University, San Diego, California, USA.


1981


Reykjavík Junior College.


1979 – 1980


Exchange Student in Mexico.


Married, (1986), to Guđrún Margrét Sólonsdóttir, born 20 April 1962. Four children, Heimir, b.28 June 1988, Jóna Vestfjörđ, b. 7 November 1991, Sólon Björn, b. 4 April 2001 and Erla Sólveig, b. 13 March 2003.

Good knowledge of English and Swedish. Some knowledge of French and Spanish.


 

 

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