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Irene Horejs is an Austrian[1] former European Union diplomat and official.

She served as the ambassador of the European Union (EU) to Peru (2013–2017),[2] the Dominican Republic,[3] Niger and Mali.[4][5] She was also the head of the EU delegation to Cuba, relinquishing the post in August 2012.[6] In July 2013, Carlos Morales Troncoso, Foreign Minister of the Dominican Republic, met with Horejs, seeking the EU's help in resolving a trade dispute with Haiti.[7] At the end of her term as ambassador to Peru, on 17 August 2017 she was awarded the Order of the Sun of Peru (Grand Cross), that nation's highest honor.[8]

She also served as Head of Unit for Human Development, Social Cohesion and Employment in the European Commission's Directorate-General for Development[4] and as Acting Director, Sub-Saharan Africa, Asia, Latin America and Pacific, European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations.[9]

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  1. ""La titulación de tierras es una demanda en el mundo"" (PDF). Actualidad Ambiental (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 May 2025. Irene Horejs nació en Austria.
  2. "Peruvian president receives credentials from foreign envoys". Andina. 8 November 2013. Retrieved 19 May 2025.
  3. "Movers & Shakers". 25 July 2012. Retrieved 19 May 2025.
  4. 1 2 "High Representative Catherine Ashton appoints new Heads of EU Delegations to Peru and Serbia" (PDF). European Commission. 7 July 2013. Retrieved 19 May 2025.
  5. "How Realistic is a New Partnership Between Europe and Africa?". Institut français des relations internationales. 7 June 2022. Retrieved 19 May 2025.
  6. "EU appoints ambassador to Cuba". Politico. 19 July 2012. Retrieved 19 May 2025.
  7. "Europe steps into Dominican Republic-Haiti trade spat". Dominican Today. 24 July 2013. Retrieved 19 May 2025.
  8. "EU Ambassador Irene Horejs receives Peru's highest honor". European External Action Service. 24 August 2017. Retrieved 19 May 2025.
  9. "Side event of the 70th session of the Executive Committee: Supporting solutions in the Central African Republic" (PDF). UN Refugee Agency. 8 October 2019. Retrieved 19 May 2025.