Hugh Mingarelli - French diplomat of Italian origin.
Career. 1979-1982 - Financial Analyst at the Financial Institute (Paris).
1982-1987 - Head of Audit of Structural Funds (1982-1984) and European Development Fund (1985-1987), European Court of Auditors.
1987-1990 - Chief Executive Officer - Coordinator for Nigeria in the European Commission's Directorate General for Development.
1990-1999 - Head of the Newly Independent States Unit (Partnership and Cooperation Agreement Implementation - TACIS Program Management) in the European Commission's Directorate General for External Relations.
January 2000 - June 2002 - Director of the European Agency for Reconstruction (EU Assistance to Kosovo, Serbia, Montenegro and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia).
July 2002 - January 2007 - Director for Eastern Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia in the European Commission's Directorate General for External Relations.
February-August 2007 - Director for the Middle East and the Southern Mediterranean in the European Commission's Directorate General for External Relations.
September 2007 - December 2010 - Deputy Director General for Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, Central Asia, North Africa, the Middle East, the European Neighborhood Policy in the European Commission's Directorate General for External Relations.
January 2011 - September 2015 - Executive Director for South Africa, the Middle East, the Arabian Peninsula in the European External Action Service.
September 2015 - August 2016 - Senior Advisor for the implementation of the Global Strategy and the revision of the European Neighborhood Policy.
From August 29, 2016 to September 2019 - EU Ambassador to Ukraine, Head of the Delegation of the European Union to Ukraine. He replaced Jan Tombinsky at this post.
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