Eddy Fonyódi, SSP'10
Deputy Director and Head of the EU Security and Defence Division, Security Policy Department, Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Sweden
“SSP has had a direct impact in my daily work and on where life has taken me in the service of Sweden, the EU and the world of diplomacy. On a daily basis, when contributing to policy making within the area of international security and defense, I often mentally refer back to the many things learnt in the program. The factual knowledge and analytical tools SSP gave me serve as frames of reference and a stable foundation for my own analysis and for the work I produce.”
Eddy is Head of the EU Security and Defence Division at the Security Policy Department of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs in Stockholm, Sweden. In this role, he oversees and directs the division's work on all matters EU security and defense, including civilian and military Common Security and Defence Policy missions, the European Peace Facility, defense preparedness and defense industry, the Centre of Excellence for Civilian Crisis Management in Berlin, Germany (of which Eddy also chairs the General Meeting as well as its Advisory Board) and other. The Government Offices Sanctions Coordination also lies within the remits of the Division. Prior to this, Eddy served as representative of Sweden to the EU's Committee for Civilian Aspects of Crisis Management in Brussels, Belgium.