Maria Zeneida Angara Collinson is a Filipino diplomat, who served as the

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Ambassador to

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in 2017. She was elected the President of the 61st

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(IAEA) General Conference and their Ambassador and Resident Representative to the international organizations in

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. She is concurrently accredited to

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and

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. Collinson is also a member of the IAEA's Board of Governors. She was also ambassador to Sweden with concurrent accreditation to Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Finland from 2007 to 2012, and Consul General in Sydney, Australia from 2002 to 2004.

Education

Angara Collinson earned a Master of Arts in Economics and Trade Policy from the

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in Tokyo, and a Bachelor’s Degree in Japanology with a focus in economics from the Tokyo University of Foreign Affairs.

Role in the IAEA

Collinson was present for the 2015's Nuclear Olympiad award ceremony in Vienna for fellow Filipino Anton Tanquintic. Collinson was also present at a June 2017 public meeting of the IAEA representing the Philippines. At the beginning of the 61st General Conference of the IAEA in September 2017, Collinson was elected President by its delegates, who then approved the membership of

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