Array Helga Maria SCHMID Deputy Secretary General for Political Affairs, EEAS - European External Action Service, Brussels

1980-1987 Munich University (Ludwig Maximilians Universität) and Paris, Sorbonne; English and Romance languages, literature, history and politics 1988-1990 Diplomatic Academy, international and European law, economics, international relations 1990-1991 Assistant Private Secretary to the Minister for European Affairs 1991-1994 Press and Public Affairs officer, German Embassy, Washington 1994-1998 Political Adviser to Foreign Minister Klaus Kinkel 1998-2000 Political Adviser to Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer 2000-2003 Deputy Head of the Political Staff of the Federal Foreign Office in Berlin and Deputy Head of the Minister's Office 2003-2005 Head of the Political Staff of the Federal Foreign Office in Berlin and Head of the Minister's Office 2006 Director of the Policy Planning and Early Warning Unit (Policy Unit) of the High Representative Javier Solana in the General Secretariat of the Council of the European Union, Brussels