Attorney Narcís Casal de Fonsdeviela has served as ambassador of the tiny European nation of Andorra to the United States since November 2, 2009. He had already been serving as Andorra’s representative to the United Nations since September of that year. He added Canada to his portfolio in May 2010.

 

Born in 1957 in Escaldes-Engordany, Andorra, Fonsdeviela received his diplôme d’études approfondies in law and public history from the University of Paris II (Sorbonne) in France.

He also graduated from the University of Barcelona with a degree in law and studied public administration and policy at the University of Madrid, both in Spain. In addition, he holds a master’s degree in international relations from the Spanish Diplomatic School and another in East-West psychology from the California Institute of Integral Studies in San Francisco, California.

 

Fonsdeviela practiced civil and public law from 1989 to 2004, during which time he also served as deputy secretary and member of the Andorra Parliament, as well as legal adviser and board member of the country’s chamber of commerce and chairman of its Public Broadcast Corporation.

-Noel Brinkerhoff

 

Biography (Washington Diplomat)