Nadia Hashmi
Biography
Nadia Hashmi is the Deputy Permanent Representative to the Council of Europe.
Nadia joined the Diplomatic Service in 2007 and has worked in Kuala Lumpur, Ankara, Paris and Abu Dhabi. Prior to that, in Brussels, she wrote the European Commission’s Counter-Terrorism and Radicalisation policy and worked on human rights at the European Parliament.
After studying at the London School of Economics Nadia gained her PhD from the European University Institute in Florence on post-colonial immigration and identity in France and Britain. She was a Fulbright researcher at New York University and a Colstons Fellow at Bristol. She has taught and published about gender, religion and education, and written about travel, food and languages.
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Deputy UK Permanent Representative to the Council of Europe
The Deputy Permanent Representative is a senior diplomat and typically a key advisor to the Permanent Representative. The Deputy is responsible for the daily management of the Mission. They represent the UK’s interests in the absence of the Ambassador as Chargé d’Affaires.