# Susan Eckey

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{{Short description|Norwegian diplomat}}
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'''Susan Eckey''' (born 22 July 1964) is a Norwegian diplomat who was Ambassador to Uganda, as well as to Rwanda and Burundi. In 2022 she was appointed as the new Ambassador of Norway to Austria.

== Life ==
Eckey was born in 1964. She took her [masters degree](/source/siv.%C3%B8k.) in Science in Economics and Business Administration at the [Norwegian School of Economics](/source/Norwegian_School_of_Economics) and an International Baccalaureate Diploma in Canada.<ref name="president2" />

She started work at Norway's Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1991<ref name=uganda>{{Cite web |date=2018-02-14 |title='Uganda's oil sector is on the right track' |url=https://www.independent.co.ug/ugandas-oil-sector-right-track/ |access-date=2022-09-18 |website=The Independent Uganda |language=en-US}}</ref> and in time she represented her country at the [United Nations](/source/United_Nations) in New York and at the Norwegian embassy in Chile.<ref name="president2">{{Cite web |title=Review Conference: President |url=https://www.cartagenasummit.org/about-the-cartagena-summit/president/ |access-date=2022-09-18 |website=www.cartagenasummit.org}}</ref>

In 2012 she was appointed to the advisory committee to the [Central Emergency Response Fund](/source/Central_Emergency_Response_Fund) (CERF). Members of the advisory group represent themselves and not their country. Other group members included [Ahmed Al-Meraikhi](/source/Ahmed_Al_Meraikhi) of Qatar, [Susanna Moorehead](/source/Susanna_Moorehead) from the UK, Ugandan [Julius Oketta](/source/Julius_Oketta), Yukie Osa from Japan and Croatian [Nancy Butijer](/source/Nancy_Butijer).<ref>{{Cite web |title=UN Secretary-General appoints new CERF Advisory Group Members - World {{!}} ReliefWeb |url=https://reliefweb.int/report/world/un-secretary-general-appoints-new-cerf-advisory-group-members |access-date=2022-09-18 |website=reliefweb.int |date=13 September 2012 |language=en}}</ref>
[[file:International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on 22 May 2024 - Lydie Evrard Opening Remarks (icons2024 gender equality).jpg|thumb|left|Eckey, [Laura Holgate](/source/Laura_Holgate), [Lydie Evrard](/source/Lydie_Evrard) and [Elena Buglova](/source/Elena_Buglova) at IAEA conference in May 2024]]
In 2015 she arrived in her first posting as an ambassador in Uganda. A posting she like and she introduced friends and family to her new home. She was a supporter of the oild industry<ref name=uganda/> and schemes to empower entrepreneurs. In 2021 she spoke in Kampala to support a scheme that would see over 5,000 women entrepreneurs funded by a Strengthening Women Entrepreneurs Programme. Women in Uganda are disproportionally under untilized and particularly in Urban areas. The three year programme was funded by Norway and administered locally.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-01-02 |title=Women must be central in poverty fight – Norway ambassador |url=https://www.monitor.co.ug/uganda/business/finance/women-must-be-central-in-poverty-fight-norway-ambassador-1813902 |access-date=2022-09-18 |website=Monitor |language=en}}</ref> In 2019 she became permanent delegate to the [ECOSOC](/source/ECOSOC), and from 2020 to 2020 she served in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as a head of department.<ref name=snl>{{cite encyclopedia|year=|title=Susan Eckey|encyclopedia=[Store norske leksikon](/source/Store_norske_leksikon)|editor=|publisher=|location=|url=http://www.snl.no/Susan_Eckey|language=no|accessdate=19 September 2022}}</ref>

In 2022 she was in Vienna as the new Resident Representative of Norway to Austria and the [IAEA](/source/IAEA).

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