Curriculum Vitae German Ambassador

Born:

1954

Family status:

married, 1 child

Languages:

German, English, French, Spanish

Various publications in the fields of international law,
counter terrorism and on economic questions relating
to Slovenia

2006 – 2009

Assistant Deputy Minister, Head of Legal Department, German Foreign Office, Legal Advisor of the Federal
Government on international law

2002 – 2006

Federal Government Commissioner for Combating
International Terrorism, German Foreign Office, Berlin

2001 – 2002

Director of UN Policy Division, German Foreign Office,
Berlin

1998 – 2001

Deputy Director of Political Department and Legal
Adviser, Permanent Mission of Germany to the United
Nations, New York

1995 – 1998

Deputy Director Senior Personnel Division, German
Foreign Office, Bonn

1992 – 1995

Deputy Ambassador and Head of Economic
Department, German Embassy in Ljubljana, Slovenia

1989 – 1992

Political Counsellor, German Embassy, Tel Aviv, Israel

1986 – 1989

Public International Law Division, German Foreign
Office, Bonn

1985 – 1986

Political Advisor, Federal Chancellor’s Office, Bonn

1983 - 1985

Diplomatic School, German Foreign Office, Bonn

1973 – 1982

Legal Studies in Erlangen (Germany), Barrister Exam,
Doctor’s Thesis (Ph.D, International Law); various
internships, public international law summer schools,
language courses etc. in Geneva, Lima, Salamanca,
The Hague

1972 – 1973

Military service

1960 – 1973

Elementary School, High School, College in
Nuremberg (Germany)