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