Education
Law degree, University Hamburg, Germany, 1973.
Career
Research assistant Institution Public Law University Hamburg, 1974—1976. Research assistant Institute European Community Law University Cologne, Germany, 1974—1976. With German Foreign Service, 1979.
Consul German Embassy, Tel Aviv, 1979—1982, deputy head mission Port-of-Spain, 1982—1984. Officer Office of Spokesman Foreign Office, Bonn, Germany, 1984—1987. Private secretary Foreign Minister Genscher, 1987—1988.
Deputy spokesman Foreign Office, 1991—1993. Ambassador German Embassy, Windhuk, 1993—1997, senior deputy high representative Sarajevo, 1997—1999. Deputy permanent representative to United Nations, 1999—2003.
Ambassador German Embassy, Helsinki, Finland, since 2003.
