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Ambassador Lothar Freischlader
Curriculum Vitae
Lothar Freischlader
30 May 1960 | Born in Mainz |
1980 – 1986 | Studied Medieval and Modern History as well as Political Sciences and Law(Public Law at the Universities of Mainz and Dijon; M.A. |
May 1987 | Entered the German Foreign Service; appointed Attaché; formation |
June 1989 | Press and Political Officer at the Embassy in Riyadh |
Jan-March 1991 | Chargé d’affaires ad interim at the Embassy in Doha |
August 1991 | Political Officer at the Embassy in Washington |
August 1994 | Federal Foreign Office, Middle East Division |
July 1997 | Chargé d’affaires ad interim at the Embassy in Praia (Cape Verde) |
August 1999 | Economic Counsellor at the Embassy in Stockholm |
April 2001 | Chancellery of Thuringia as Head of Division for International Affairs |
August 2004 | First Counsellor for Political Affairs at the Embassy in Paris |
March 2006 | Diplomatic Adviser to the Federal Minister of the Interior Dr. Wolfgang Schäuble |
August 2009 | Head of Division for OSCE and Council of Europe Affairs, Federal Foreign Office Berlin |
August 2012 | Minister (DHM) German Embassy Teheran |
July 2015 | Consul General to Sidney |
August 2018 | Head of Division for Foreign, Security and Economic Cooperation Affairs, Federal Press and Information Office |
November 2019 | Director of the Press and Communications Department, German Embassy to Paris |
August 2020 | Ambassador to Mozambique |
Since July 2023 | Ambassador to Qatar |
Additional Information:
Lothar Freischlader is married and has three children
15 Nov2004 | Appointed “Chevalier de l’ordre national du mérite” by French President Jacques Chirac |
13 Feb 2009 | “Großes Ehrenzeichen für Verdienste um die Republik Österreich” (“Grand Medal for Merits on the Republic of Austria”) dedicated by the Austrian Minister for Interior, Ms. Maria Fekter |