Ambassador Theresa Cutajar obtained a B.A. (Hons.) in Economics from the University of Malta and Master in Diplomacy from the Mediterranean Academy for Diplomatic Studies (MEDAC). She followed a post-graduate course in diplomacy at the University of Oxford as a Chevening scholar. Subsequently, she read Bachelor of Laws (Hons.) and Master of Advocacy at the University of Malta. Dr Cutajar has been admitted to the Malta Bar and is a member of the Chamber of Advocates Malta.

Career: 2020 – Present Ambassador to Turkey Embassy of Malta, ANKARA  

2014 – 2019: Ambassador Ministry for Foreign and European Affairs, VALLETTA  

2011 – 2013: High Commissioner to India And concurrently accredited to Sri Lanka and Nepal High Commission of Malta, NEW DELHI  

2005 – 2010: Ambassador to COREPER I Permanent Representation of Malta to the EU, BRUSSELS  

2004 – 2004: Administrator, DG Press European Parliament, BRUSSELS  

2002 – 2003: First Counsellor Ministry of Foreign Affairs, VALLETTA  

1999 – 2002: Counsellor – Accession Negotiations re Internal Market Mission of Malta to the EU, BRUSSELS  

1997 – 1999: First Secretary – WTO/WIPO/UNCTAD Permanent Representation of Malta to the UN/WTO, GENEVA  

1994 -1997: First Secretary – Trade and Financial Issues Permanent Delegation of Malta to the EU, BRUSSELS  

1992 – 1994: Second Secretary Ministry of Foreign Affairs, VALLETTA  

1992: Joined the Maltese Diplomatic Corps    

Place and Date of Birth: Gozo Malta, 16 March 1963    

Languages: Maltese, English, French, Italian