Lars Faaborg-Andersen

Faaborg-Andersen joined the Danish Foreign Service in 1984. He served as deputy head of mission to the Danish Embassy in Pretoria, South Africa (1994 – 1998) and went on to serve as the Ministry's deputy head of Asian affairs (1998 – 2000) and head of Middle East and Latin American affairs (2000 – 2003). During Denmark's 2002 presidency of the Council of the EU, Faaborg-Andersen co-authored the original Roadmap for the Middle East Peace Process (MEPP), eventually approved by the Quartet. He later served as ambassador of Denmark to the United Nations (2003 – 2008) and as ambassador of Denmark to the Political and Security Committee of the EU (2008 – 2013) before being appointed EU ambassador to Israel by High Representative Catherine Ashton in 2013. He concluded his career serving as the Danish ambassador to Portugal.

Faaborg-Andersen received his Master of International Affairs from Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) in 1982 on a Fulbright scholarship and his Master in Political and Administrative Science (Cand.adm.pol) from the University of Copenhagen in 1984. Faaborg-Andersen is married with two grown children.

• Dansk topdiplomat ny ambassadør for EU i Israel https://www.altinget.dk/navnenyt/dansk-topdiplomat-ny-ambassadoer-for-eu-i-israel
• Dansk diplomat i spidsen for EU i Israel https://globalnyt.dk/dansk-diplomat-i-spidsen-eu-i-israel/
• Denmark in the Middle East https://www.jpost.com/Opinion/Denmark-in-the-Middle-East-453552