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Ambassador Lothar Freischlader
Date of Birth: 30 May 1960 in Mainz
Married, three children
Since July 2023 Ambassador to Qatar
2020-2023 Ambassador to Mozambique
2019-2020 Director of Press and Communications Department, German Embassy Paris
2018-2019 Head of Division for Foreign, Security and Economic Cooperation Policy, Federal Press and Information
Office of the Federal Government
2015-2018 Consul General, Sydney
2012-2015 Minister (DHM), German Embassy Teheran
2009-2012 Head of Division, OSCE and Council of Europe Affairs, Federal Foreign Office
2006-2009 Diplomatic Advisor to the Federal Minister of the Interior, Dr. Wolfgang Schäuble
2004-2006 First Counsellor for Political Affairs, German Embassy Paris
2001-2004 Head of Division for Internal Affairs, Chancellery of Thuringia
1999-2001 Economic Counsellor, German Embassy Stockholm
1997-1999 Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, German Embassy Praia/Cap Verde
1994-1997 Middle East Division, Federal Foreign Office
1991-1994 Political Officer, German Embassy Washington
Jan-Mar 1991 Chargé d’Affairs ad interim, German Embassy Doha
1989-1991 Press and Political Officer, German Embassy Washington
May 1987 Entry into German Foreign Service
1980-1986 Medieval and Modern History Studies and Political Sciences and Public Law, Universities of Mainz
and Dijon; Master of Arts
Additional information:
15 Nov 2004 Appointed “Chevalier de l’ordre national du mérite” by French President Chacques Chirac
13 Feb 2009 Awarded the Grand Order of Merit with the Republic of Austria by Federal Minister of the Interior,
Ms. Maria Fekter