Mirjana Spoljaric Egger is a Swiss

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. Since October 2022, she has served as the President of the

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Life and work

Egger studied philosophy, economics and international law at the

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Basel , french: link=no, Bâlois(e), it, Basilese , neighboring_municipalities= Allschwil (BL), Hégenheim (FR-68), Binningen (BL), Birsfelden (BL), Bottmingen (BL), Huningue (FR-68), Münchenstein (BL), Muttenz (BL), Reinach (BL), Riehen (BS ...

and the

University of Geneva The University of Geneva (French: ''Université de Genève'') is a public research university located in Geneva, Switzerland. It was founded in 1559 by John Calvin as a theological seminary. It remained focused on theology until the 17th centu ...

. She finished her studies with a master's degree. She then worked as a research assistant at the Faculty of Law of the University of Basel. In 2000, she joined the

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, where she held various positions, including in

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and

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. From 2004 to 2006, she taught on

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in the Department of Sociology at the

University of Lucerne The University of Lucerne (UNILU; German: ''Universität Luzern'') is a public university with a campus in Lucerne, Switzerland. 1,460 undergraduates and 1,258 postgraduate students attend the university, which makes it Switzerland's smallest un ...

. She initially worked at the Swiss Embassy in Cairo and was desk officer for the

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and Nuclear Safety in Central and Eastern Europe. From 2010 to 2012, Egger was posted to Amman as a senior adviser at the office of the UN Commissioner General for the United Nations Relief Agency for Palestinian Refugees and Refugees (UNRWA). From 2012 to she was ambassador, head of the Department of United Nations and International Organizations. She represented Switzerland in the negotiations on the UN reforms and the UN budget, in the Security Council, in the General Assembly, in the

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, in the Commission for Peace Consolidation, in the Human Rights Council and in the UN Office for Drugs and Crime. In November 2021, the Assembly of the International Committee of the Red Cross elected Spoljaric Egger as President of the Committee with effect from 1 October 2022 in place of

Peter Maurer Peter Maurer (born 1956) is a Swiss diplomat who was the President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) from 1 July 2012 until October 2022 and is currently President of the Basel Institute on Governance. Maurer was born in Th ...

. She is the first woman in this office.

References

External links

Profile on the ICRC Website
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