ALESSANDRA VIEZZER is the Head of Cooperation at the EU Delegation in Lebanon as of 1 September 2022. Her previous assignment was Deputy Head of Unit (Western Balkans Policy and Regional Strategy) at the Directorate General for European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations of the European Commission in Brussels. She was born and raised in Italy, where she studied political science and international relations at the University of Padua. She earned a master’s degree in European Studies from the College of Europe in Bruges, Belgium. Ms. Viezzer has been working with the European Commission since 1997, holding a number of positions involving management of cooperation assistance working with both EU Member States and third countries. From 2007 to 2015, she was posted in Cyprus as Head of the Team responsible for EU support to the Turkish Cypriot Community. From September 2015 to August 2019, she was posted to the Office of the European Union Representative in Jerusalem as Head of Cooperation.