Natasha Meli Daudey is Malta’s new Ambassador to
the Federal Republic of Austria. She is also the Permanent Representative of Malta to the
Organisation of Security and Cooperation in Europe, to the United Nations and to the International
Organisations based in Vienna.
Prior
to this appointment Ms Meli Daudey has served as Malta’s Ambassador to
Poland and non-resident Ambassador to Georgia, Moldova, Belarus and Armenia.
Ms
Meli Daudey is a career diplomat. She joined the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs on 2 April 2001, as a second secretary. During the first years of her
career she worked mostly on multilateral affairs and followed relations with
international institutions including UNESCO, the International Labour
Organisation, the World Health Organisation, the Orangisation for Security and
Cooperation in Europe and the International Parliamentary Union. She became
First Secretary on 2 April 2003.
Prior
to Malta’s accession to the European Union, in October 2003, Ms Meli Daudey was
posted to the Permanent Representation of Malta to the European Union in
Brussels where she served as Antici.
In
February 2008 Ms Meli Daudey was posted to Malta’s Embassy in France and in
2009 she was appointed Counsellor.
In
2014 Ms Meli Daudey was posted to Malta’ Permanent Mission to the United
Nations, where she served as Deputy Permanent Representative until July
2016. During her posting Ms Meli Daudey followed the works of the
Security Council, and was Malta’s representative on the 1st and
4thCommittees. As Malta’s representative she was the Chair of the
Working Group of the Committee on the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian
People, and in this capacity organised several events with NGOs and civil
society.
Ms
Meli Daudey graduated in International Relations (Hons) from the University of
Malta, in 1999. The year after she read a Master’s Degree in European Politics
and Administration, at the College of Europe, in Bruges, from where she
graduated in 2000. In 1996/7 she obtained the Diplome d’Hautes Etudes
en Français and the Diplome d'Etudes Supérieures from the Alliance
Française.
Prior
to joining the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ms Meli Daudey effected an
internship with the European Commission, and had a brief experience in
journalism. Between 2002 and 2003 she was a visiting lecturer on
Euro-Mediterranean relations at the European Documentation and Research Centre.
Ms
Meli Daudey speaks French and Italian, has good knowledge of German and basic
knowledge of Arabic, Spanish, and Polish.
She is
married to Xavier and has two children.