Ruth Bajada

Deputy Head of the EU Delegation in Washington

Ruth Bajada is the Deputy Head of the EU Delegation in Washington. Ms. Bajada has over 23 years of experience in EU affairs and 20 years in foreign policy. Between 2020 and 2024, Ruth Bajada was Deputy Director/Head of Division United States and Canada in the European External Action Service (EEAS). She served as the Political Advisor to the EEAS Secretary General (2019-2020) and was posted in Chile (2015-2019) and Lebanon (2012-2015).

Ms. Bajada joined the European institutions in 2002 and worked at the European Parliament and the Secretariat General of the Council of Ministers.

She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Political Science from the University of Malta, a MA in European studies from the College of Europe (Bruges-Belgium) and a MA in International Relations from ULB/Paris II.