Elisabeth Tichy-Fisslberger
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Elisabeth Tichy-Fisslberger | |
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 Tichy-Fisslberger in 2020 | |
| Born | 1957 (age 68–69) |
| Known for | Chair of United Nations Human Rights Council |
| Predecessor | Coly Seck |
| Successor | Nazhat Shameem |
Elisabeth Tichy-Fisslberger, or Elisabeth Fisslberger, (born 1957) is an Austrian lawyer, translator and diplomat who was the first Austrian to serve as president of the United Nations Human Rights Council for 2020.
Tichy-Fisslberger was born in Vienna in 1957. She studied law at the University of Vienna whilst also studying French and Spanish translation. She gained a scholarship to study in Belgium at the Université catholique de Louvain.[1]
Career
Tichy-Fisslberger was elected chair of the United Nations Human Rights Council in December 2019 to serve in 2020.[2] The Austrian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Alexander Schallenberg, noted that her appointment was a recognition of her country's human rights efforts. She was the first Austrian to hold this position in the United Nations.[3] She took over the position from Coly Seck of Senegal who had held the position in 2019.[4] Her vice-presidents were Ambassadors Nasir Ahmad Andisha of Afghanistan, Togo's Yackoley Kokou Johnson, Mexico's Socorro Flores Liera and Slovakia's Juraj Podhorsky.[4]
