Dhaka, 17 October, 2017

Press Release

Ambassador Rensje Teerink submits her letter of credence to Hon'ble President of the People's Republic of Bangladesh

H.E. Rensje Teerink, Ambassador of the European Union to Bangladesh has submitted her letter of credence to Hon'ble President of the People's Republic of Bangladesh Mr. Md. Abdul Hamid at a ceremony in Bangabhaban today.

In May 2017 EU HR/VP Federica Mogherini nominated her as Ambassador Designate/Head of Delegation to Bangladesh.

Born in Luxembourg, Ambassador Rensje Teerink is a Dutch national. She studied Cultural Anthropology/Non-Western Sociology at the University of Amsterdam. Specialising in Asian studies she conducted extensive field research in western India (Gujarat and Maharashtra).

She joined the European Commission in 1995 as administrator for South Asia. In 2006 she was appointed Deputy Head of Unit for India, Nepal, Bhutan and SAARC. In 2011 she joined the newly created European External Action Service as Deputy Head of Division for the same countries. She was nominated by EU HR/VP Catherine Ashton as EU Ambassador/Head of Delegation to Nepal and EU Representative to SAARC in April 2013.

Ms Teerink is married with two children and, apart from her Dutch mother tongue, is fluent in English, French, German and Italian and has a working knowledge of Spanish, Hindi and Nepali.

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