Angelina Eichhorst is the current EU Ambassador-Designate and Head of Delegation to Egypt. Before her appointment in Egypt in 2024, she served as Managing Director for Europe at the European External Action Service (EEAS) in Brussels from 2020 to 2024. In this role, she was responsible for strategic engagement across Europe, following a tenure as Managing Director for Europe and Central Asia from 2019 to 2020.

From 2015 to 2019, Eichhorst was Deputy Managing Director and Director for Western Europe, Western Balkans, and Turkey, where she played a pivotal role as Chief Negotiator in the EU-facilitated Belgrade-Pristina Dialogue. Her diplomatic career also includes her role as EU Ambassador to Lebanon (2011–2015) and her work as Head of Political and Economic Affairs at the EU Delegation in Syria from 2008 to 2010. Earlier, from 2004 to 2008, she led development and regional cooperation initiatives at the EU Delegation in Jordan.

Eichhorst’s extensive background includes policy advising positions within the European Commission's Directorate General for Development and Directorate General for External Relations, covering human and social development, and the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership. She also brings valuable experience from her earlier work with the United Nations and Save the Children, as well as her academic achievements in international law and Middle Eastern studies.