Lars Faaborg-Andersen | |
Office1: | Head of the Delegation of the EU to the State of Israel, Tel Aviv |
Term Start1: | 2013 |
Term End1: | 2017 |
Office2: | Representative of Denmark to the EU Political and Security Committee, Brussels |
Term Start2: | 2008 |
Term End2: | 2013 |
Office3: | Deputy Permanent Representative of Denmark to the United Nations, New York |
Term Start3: | 2003 |
Term End3: | 2008 |
Office4: | Deputy Head of Mission, Pretoria, South Africa |
Term Start4: | 1994 |
Term End4: | 1998 |
Birth Date: | 22 June 1956 |
Birth Place: | Nykøbing Falster, Denmark |
Death Date: | [1] |
Spouse: | Jean Marie Murphy |
Children: | 2 |
Alma Mater: | University of Copenhagen Columbia University |
Lars Faaborg-Andersen (22 June 1956 – 2 June 2021) was a Danish diplomat who served as ambassador of the European Union (EU) to Israel from 2013 - 2017. He had a distinguished career spanning over thirty years in the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
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.