H.E. Marina Rafti

Ambassador Marina Rafti took up her functions as Head of Delegation of the European Union to ASEAN in September 2026. Prior to her tenure as Ambassador, from 2022 to 2026, Marina Rafti served as European External Action Service (EEAS) Deputy Counterterrorism. Head of In 2019-2022, Marina Rafti served as Deputy Head of Mission, Head of Political, Press and Information at the Delegation of the European Union to Jordan. Between 2016 and 2019, she served as Political Counsellor at the Delegation of the European Union to China. Marina Rafti served in various positions on the Middle East and Africa at EEAS Headquarters from 2010 to 2016. Between 2008 and 2010, she served at the Permanent Representation of Cyprus to the European Union. Earlier in her career, she worked as an academic researcher at the University of Antwerp on post-conflict political transitions and transitional justice in the Great Lakes region of Africa. Marina Rafti holds a Master of Arts in Governance and Development from the University of Antwerp, and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Development Studies from the University of Sussex.