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Helga Schmid
Schmid in 2023
Secretary General of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Incumbent
Assumed office 4 December 2020
Preceded by
Thomas Greminger
Secretary General of the European External Action Service
In office 1 September 2016 – 1 November 2019
President
Federica Mogherini
Preceded by
Alain Le Roy
Succeeded by
Stefano Sannino
Personal details
Born
Helga Maria Schmid
(1960-12-08) 8 December 1960 (age 63) Dachau, West Germany (now Germany)
Education
University of Munich Diplomatic Academy of Vienna
Helga Maria Schmid (born 8 December 1960)[1] is a German diplomat who has been serving as the Secretary General of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) since 2020.
Prior to that appointment (from 2016 until 2020), she was the Secretary General of the European External Action Service (EEAS).[2]
^Daniel Brössler (4 August 2016), Münchner im Exil: Die Diplomatie der "Tüpfelhyäne" Süddeutsche Zeitung.
^"Federica Mogherini appoints Helga Schmid as Secretary General of the European External Action Service | EEAS". www.eeas.europa.eu.
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