Wolfgang Plasa

Wolfgang Plasa served as a Counsellor in the European Commission’s Directorate-General for External Relations. Mr. Plasa has held a number of positions in the Trade, Development, and External Relations Directorates of the Commission. He served for seven years in the Commission’s Delegation in Geneva, where he was involved in trade negotiations in the framework of the Uruguay Round and then as the representative of the Commission in UNCTAD. Subsequently, he served as charge d’affaires in the Commission’s Delegation in Beirut and as Director of UNRWA Affairs in Lebanon. Prior to becoming Counsellor in DG RELEX last year, Mr. Plasa served for four years as the head of the Commission’s Delegation to Chile and for two years as the head of its Delegation to Algeria. He will be teaching a graduate course in the Spring semester on “Contemporary Challenges Facing the European Union.”