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The Ambassador
Hubert Wurth arrived in London on 26 August 2007 to take over as Ambassador to the Court of St James’s. He was born on 15 April 1952. In addition to holding various positions in the Foreign Ministry over the years, Mr Wurth was Deputy Permanent Representative of his country to the Council of Europe (1979), and Private Secretary to the Vice-President of the Government and Minister for Foreign Affairs, Economic Affairs and Justice (1981). In 1986 he was appointed as Director Delegate for Political Affairs with a special responsibility for security issues.
From 1988 to 1991, he served as Luxembourg’s Ambassador to the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, Poland, Finland and Mongolia, in residence in Moscow. From 1991 to 1998, Mr. Wurth was Luxembourg’s Ambassador to the Netherlands. During that period, he also served as Luxembourg’s Ambassador on special mission for the former Yugoslavia (1996).
From 1998-2003, Hubert Wurth was the Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Luxembourg to the United Nations, in New York. From 2003 to 2007 he was his country’s Ambassador to France, to OECD and to UNESCO. Ambassador Wurth presented his credentials in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II on 11 October 2007. On 11 December 2007 he presented his credentials to President Mary McAleese of Ireland and on 12 January 2008 he presented his letters of credence to Mr Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, President of Iceland.