Curriculum Vitae

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career progression:

1975-1976

University-entrance diploma, Military Service with the German Federal Armed Forces, Lieutenant of the Reserve

1976-1981

Studies of law at the Frankfurt University

1st State Law Exam

1981-1984

Legal traineeship, 2nd State Law Exam

1984-1987

Studies of Law at Hitotsubashi University, Kunitachi, Japan

Master's degree

1987

entered the Foreign Service

1988

Economic Section, Foreign Office, Bonn

1989-1992

Desk Officer at the Political Division, German Embassy Tokyo, Japan

1992-1996

Desk Officer Foreign Trade Division, Foreign Office, Bonn

1996-1999

Deputy Head of Mission, German Embassy La Paz, Bolivia

1999-2001

Deputy Head of Foreign Trade Division, Foreign Office, Berlin

2001-2003

Deputy Head of Economic Department, German Embassy Washington, United States of America

2003-2005

Head of Political Department, Press and Public Relations, German Embassy Beijing, China

2005-2010

Head of Division of Foreign, Security and Development Policy at the Press and Information Office of the Federal Government

2011

Minister at the German Embassy Tokyo, Japan