The High Representative Carlos Westendorp 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 date. Office of the High Representative