Martine Schommer

Martine Schommer (born 13 July 1961) is a Luxembourgish diplomat who has served as Ambassador to the People's Republic of China and to the Federal Republic of Germany. She has also represented Luxembourg as Permanent Representative to the European Union. Since September 2017, she has been Luxembourg's Permanent Representative to the OECD and Permanent Delegate to UNESCO.

Biography Born in Luxembourg City on 13 July 1961, after completing her school education in Luxembourg, Martine Schommer studied Russian and Chinese at the Institut national des langues et civilisations orientales in Paris.

In February 1987 she joined Luxembourg's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In 1991, in connection with Luxembourg's presidency of the European Union, she was responsible for managing the Uruguay Round international trade negotiations. Thereafter she was a member of Luxembourg's Permanent Delegation to the European Union where she dealt with foreign relations and inter-institutional matters.