Curriculum vitae

1967                 Completed higher education entrance qualification

1967 – 1969     Military service

1969 – 1975     Studied law

1975                 1^st state examination for law

1976 – 1978      Practical legal training

1978                 2^nd state examination for law

1979 – 1980     Licensed lawyer at the Cologne Regional Court

1980 – 1982     Training for the higher Foreign Service

1982 – 1985     German Embassy in Addis Abeba

1985 – 1986     German Permanent Representation to the EU in Brussels

1986 – 1990     Federal Foreign Office

1990 – 1993     German Embassy in Harare, Deputy Head of Mission

1993 – 1995     Federal Foreign Office, Deputy Head of Division

1995 – 1999     German Information Office in New York, Deputy Head of Mission

1999 – 2004     German Embassy in Windhoek, Deputy Head of Mission

2004 – 2007     German Embassy in London, Head of the Legal and Consular Section

 2007 - 2010      Federal Foreign Office, Head of Division

since 07 October 2010 German Ambassador to the Republic of Uganda