H.E. Senate Barbara MasuphaLesotho

Akkreditierungsdatum

06.05.2021

Details

Date of Birth: 9th March 1977

Personal Status: single

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BA Law, with Honours

MSC Urban and Regional Planning (Housing)

MSC International Policies and Crisis Management

Sprachen

Sotho, French, Italian

Berufliche Laufbahn

Her Excellency Senate Barbara Masupha has been Lesotho’s Ambassador to Germany since 6th May 2021. She is also ambassador to France, Russia, Poland, Holy See, Monaco and Austria.

She began her Foreign Service career in 2007 as the Counsellor for Political and Economic Bilateral and Multilateral Relations at Lesotho’s Embassy in Rome, Italy, and ultimately became Chargé d’Affaires with oversight responsibility for the three Rome-based UN Agricultural Development Agencies.

Previously she held senior positions in South Africa: as Assistant Director for Research and Policy for Johannesburg; Principal Planner at the Department of Traditional and Local Government Affairs; and Senior Researcher at the University of Natal, where she handled political, research, policy development, legal and international relations issues.

In the business world, she has met face-to-face with key decision makers across several industries and has served as a panel member and presenter in high-level conferences on such issues as international law and policies, gender, women’s rights and diplomacy.