Carsten Staur

Infobox Officeholder
honorific-prefix =H.E.
name =Carsten Staur
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birth_date =Birth date and age|1954|11|9|df=yes
birth_place =
spouse =Marie-Louise Wandel

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office =Permanent Representative to the UN for Denmark
country =
term_start =16 March 2007
term_end =
predecessor = Ellen Margrethe Løj [ [http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2001/bio3362.doc.htm UN Press Release Presentation of Credentials - Løj] retrieved 2008-10-06]
successor =
president =
office2 =Ambassador to Israel for Denmark
term_start2 =1996
term_end2 =1998
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successor2 =|

Carsten Staur (born 9 November 1954) is the Permanent Representative to the United Nations for Denmark. He presented his credentials to Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on 16 March 2007. Staur is married and has two children.

Education

Staur holds a Master of Arts in history and Danish literature from the University of Copenhagen.

Career

Staur was Denmark's State Secretary for Foreign Affairs before taking the post at the United Nations. He has also served as Under-Secretary for Bilateral Affairs (Middle East, Africa, Asia and Latin America), and Administrative Affairs. He was Denmark’s Ambassador to Israel from 1996 to 1998 and has held other political and diplomatic posts including Head and Deputy Head of the Policy and Planning Department, South Group, at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs. His diplomatic career began as First Secretary at the Permanent Mission to the UN in Geneva.

ee also

*List of Permanent Representatives to the UN

References

* [http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2007/bio3863.doc.htm United Nation Press Release Presentation of Credentials: Staur]

External links

* [http://www.missionfnnewyork.um.dk/en/ Permanent Mission of Denmark to the UN]