His Excellency Mr Carles Borges
Minister of Foreign Affairs
30 September 2019
Dear Minister Carles Borges,
Letter of Credence Ceremony—incoming Ambassador-Designate Her Excellency Helga Weiß
I have the honour to inform you of the Letter of Credence which the eighteenth Yohannesian Emperor, The Rt Hon Marion Maréchal-Le Men, has addressed to Your Excellency accrediting Her Excellency Helga Weiß as the first Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Realm of Yohannes to the Principality of Catalunya. I also have the honour to present the Letter of Commendation from the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of Embassy and Consulate Programme, The Hon Margaret Larsson.
May this letter serve as certification by the Thirty-sixth Christian Democratic Executive Council of the services to be provided to the Yohannesian Embassy Barcelona by Her Excellency Helga Weiß. The scope of her services will comprise assisting visiting Yohannesian businesspersons in Catalunya and Catalonian diplomats in the Yohannesian Realm. In her new role as Ambassador to your country, the Ambassador-Designate will start the foundation to maintain peace and open diplomacy between Catalunya and Yohannes.
The Yohannesian Emperor has also requested me to convey to you her warm and friendly greetings as well as her best wishes for the well-being of the people of the Catalonian Principality.
Yours sincerely,
ANNABELLE
Rt Hon Annabelle Thorndon-Stevensonn
Chancellor of the Nineteen Countries
Private Bag 15170, Parliament House Buildings, Royal Alexandria 3510, Kingdom of Alexandria, The Yohannesian Realm.
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Helga Daniela Weiß (born 26 January 1979), Her Excellency Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, is a Yohannesian barrister and diplomat who is the first and current Ambassador of Yohannes to Catalunya. Her accreditation was registered by Parliament’s Advisory, Press and Private Committee on 3 July 2019.
Raised by her parents Friedrich and Bettina in the Kingdom of Alexandria, Weiß was educated at the state-integrated Lausitzer Neiße Grammar School and attended the University of Yohannes to study Law. Upon her graduation in 2000, she was nominated to become one of many promising interns for the World Assembly Mission of the Nineteen Countries. Weiß returned to Yohannes after three years to work at the specialist civil litigation firm Möller Barristers and Solicitors in Royal Alexandria. Coming into contact with then local Member of Parliament for the Arendsee electorate, her name was forwarded as a possible Legal Attaché for the Yohannesian embassy in the United Kingdom of Grays Harbor.
Following the 2018 presidential election victory of Marion Maréchal-Le Men and the GOP, Weiß was nominated, in her position as a senior diplomat and provisional parliamentary adviser at the time, as a possible candidate for the Office of Ambassador in Catalunya. In July 2019, her candidacy was finalised before Parliament’s International Diplomacy and Advisory Committee, and following her accreditation she became the first Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Realm of Yohannes to the Principality of Catalunya.
Appeared in:“Adrian Goldwert’s Yohannesian Peace” [Click me]
Diplomatic mission cost per year: Yohannesische Botschaft Barcelona (Yohannesian Embassy Barcelona) Parliamentary Budget Estimates FY 2019-20, $2,407,135.62 (NationStates Dollar or Universal Standard Dollar)
National Information:
- Official Nation Name:The Realm of Yohannes (Yohannesian: Das Yohannesische Reich)
- Nation Name:Yohannes (Yohannesian: Yohannesischeland)
- Head of State:Her Majesty Marion Jeanne Maréchal-Le Men, Yohannesian Emperor and President of the Electoral College
- Head of Government:
(Yohannesian: Yohannesicher Kaiser und Präsident des Wahlkollegiums)The Right Honourable Annabelle Irma Thorndon-Stevensonn, Chancellor of the Nineteen Countries
- Foreign Relations Minister or Equivalent:
(Yohannesian: Der Reichskanzler[in] im Yohannesischen Reich)The Honourable Margaret Rose Larsson, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of Embassy and Consulate Programme
Ambassador Information:
(Yohannesian: Parlamentarische Staatssekretär[in] beim Reichsminister des Innern, für Boschaft und Konsulatsprogramme)
- Ambassador's Name:Her Excellency Ms Helga Daniela Weiß, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Realm of Yohannes to the Principality of Catalunya
- Ambassador's Family (if any):Dr Alberto Rafael Jimenez (husband, age 42), Ms Claudia Katja Jimenez-Weiß (daughter, age 10), Mr Mario Lars Jimenez-Weiß (son, age 7)
- Any health issues the Ambassador faces:The Office of Medical and Surgery Record of the Kingdom of Alexandria has completed the latest (2019) medical assessments with the following results—CLEAN, under the following major categories: autoimmune diseases, heart diseases, major cancers, other(s), any previous assessment; Standards Yohannes approved; Health and Safety Amendment Act 1971.
Location Information:
From those three locations pick one as your first choice and the other as your second choice
- First Choice Location:Gran Via de les Corts Catalans, Barcelona
- Second Choice Location:Carrer de Mallorca, Barcelona
Choose a Consulate Location from the 5 cities at the top
- Consulate Choice One Location: Not applicable.
- Consulate Choice Two Location: Not applicable.
Staff and Equipment Information:
- Diplomatic Staff:[1] Charge d’Affaires, [1] Economic & Trade Attaché, [1] Cultural Attaché, [1] Legal Attaché
- Service Staff:[3] Personal Secretaries of Diplomatic & Consular Corps Staff, [4] Diplomatic & Consular Corps Councillor’s Staff, [1] Embassy and Consulate Press Spokesperson, [2] Diplomatic Mission Liaison Officers
- Security Staff:[1] Special Agent of the Executive Council Secret Service, [1] Uniformed Embassy Guard, [1] Special Agent of the Executive Council Diplomatic Security Agency
- Will you be hiring staff from within Catalunya?Yes. [4] Embassy ground security personnel to fill existing part-time shifts; janitorial and related house keeping positions essential for the day-to-day running of the mission.
The only weapons currently allowed in embassies in Catalunya are: pistols, submachine guns, and bullets or pellets that incapacitate
- Number and type of weapons:[Optional] [2] Schwerpunkt SCP9, [2] Arsenal Deimos ASP .45 Compact Police, [Non-negotiable] [5] Maxtopian batons
- Number and type of vehicles:Miscellaneous Questions:
- Do you have any special requests?We request for the permission to include the Principality of Catalunya under the Von Bismarck Intercultural Scholar Programme. The Von Bismarck Intercultural Scholar Programme is one of the most competitive grants for promising secondary school and university students in the Nineteen Countries; it forces participants to go outside their comfort zones on a culturally enriching exchange programme outside Yohannes.
- Would you like to enter into trade/treaty talks? Not at the moment.
- Any additional information:The Office of Embassy and Consulate Programme is submitting a supplementary request for the chancery (Yohannesian Embassy Barcelona) to be located in a family-friendly street with a reputable, community-driven primary (or secondary) school for the Ambassador-Designate’s two children.
- Declare any drugs, tobacco products, plants, or animals, you are bringing into Catalunya:The Ambassador-Designate would like to maintain a regular collection of wines, beers and spirits for potential guests, and understandably, these will be imported from the Nineteen Countries with the permission of your office. She will also bring two House Stark dogs (Jude and Nymeria), three cats (Christening, Grace and Sacrament), and seven goldfish.