November ABAL Luncheon
Event Overview
| Date: | 2009-11-09 |
| Time: | 12:00 |
| Location: | Hilton Luxembourg - 12, rue Jean Engling, L-1466 Luxembourg |
| Event type : | Lunch |
| Member fee: | 40,00 € |
| Nonmember fee: | 40,00 € |
| Contact person: | ayaydin@amcham.lu |
Description
Mr. Mark Biedlingmaier began serving as Chargé d’Affaires, a.i at the United States Embassy to Luxembourg on July 20, 2009. Mr. Biedlingmaier is a career Foreign Service Officer who most recently served in the United States Embassy in Baghdad, Iraq, as Chief of Staff and Executive Secretary of the Department of State’s largest diplomatic and consular Mission worldwide. A former Peace Corps Volunteer in Osan, Republic of Korea, he joined the Department of State in 1983 and has served in Geneva, Switzerland (on detail to the former Arms Control and Disarmament Agency); Baku, Azerbaijan; Bangui, Central African Republic; Luanda, Angola; and, as Chargé d’Affaires/Deputy Chief of Mission in Brazzaville, the Republic of Congo. His foreign languages include: French, Portuguese, Swedish, and a working-level knowledge of Russian and Korean. A native of Easton, Pennsylvania, Mr. Biedlingmaier graduated from the University of Scranton with degrees in History (MA) and International Affairs (BA). He completed undergraduate studies at the Lundellska College in Uppsala, Sweden, as a Rotary International exchange scholar. He will serve as Chargé d’Affaires until the arrival of a new American Ambassador to the Grand Duchy. Mr. Biedlingmaier will give us a "Tour d'Horizon of Diplomatic Service", including career highlights, issues in the Middle East, Afghanistan, NATO and the EU.