Alphonse Berns

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1952 –

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Who is Alphonse Berns?

Alphonse Berns is a senior Luxembourg diplomat in the rank of Ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary. He has served as his country’s Ambassador in Washington, DC, London, Brussels, to NATO as well as to the UN and WTO in Geneva. Currently he holds the position of Director General for Fiscal Policy in the Ministry of Finance in Luxembourg.

Alphonse Berns holds a degree in international and EU law from the University of Aix-en-Provence, France, and is an alumnus of the Center for European Studies in Nancy, France.

In 1977, Alphonse Berns entered the Luxembourg diplomatic service. In 1978 he became a non-resident member of his country’s permanent representation to the Council of Europe. From 1979 to 1986 he served as Deputy Permanent Representative to NATO in Brussels. Upon return to Luxembourg, he was mandated to develop and run a new Budget and Administration Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

In 1989 he became the Director for EU and international economic relations, foreign trade as well as development cooperation. In this function he served i.a. as Luxembourg’s negotiator for the Schengen Agreement and as chief negotiator for civil aviation agreements.

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Born
Apr 9, 1952
Nationality
  • Luxembourg

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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