Carlos Westendorp
High Representative from June 1997 – July 1999
Curriculum Vitae
Born in Madrid on 7 January 1937
Joined the Foreign Service in 1965
Posts in Spanish Embassies in Brazil and the Netherlands
Director General for E.C. Affairs 1980-1985
Senior member of the team which negotiated Spanish membership of the E.C.
Ambassador to the E.C. Brussels 1985-1991
Secretary of State for European Affairs 1991-1995
Minister for Foreign Affairs 1996
Ambassador to the United Nations 1996-1997
High Representative in Bosnia and Herzegovina June 1997 to July 1999