Background
Ischinger, Wolfgang was born on April 6, 1946 in Stuttgart, Germany.
Ischinger, Wolfgang was born on April 6, 1946 in Stuttgart, Germany.
Student, University Bonn, Germany. Student, University Geneva, Switzerland. Law degree, 1972; Master of Arts in International Law, International Relations and Economic, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, 1972—1973.
Postgraduate, Harvard University.
Assistant to cabinet United Nations secretary general, New York City, 1973. With German Foreign Service, since 1975, member policy planning staff, 1977—1979, diplomat German Embassy Washington, 1979—1982. Member cabinet Foreign Minister, Bonn, Germany, 1982—1990, private secretary Germany, 1985—1987.
Director Cabinet and Parliamentary Affairs. Minister counselor, head political section German Embassy, Paris, 1990—1993. Director policy planning staff German Foreign Office, Bonn, 1993—1995, director general political affairs, 1995—1998, state secretary (deputy foreign minister), 1998—2001, member high level German-Russian Strategy Group, 2000—2001.
Ambassador to United States Embassy of Germany, Washington, 2001—2006. Ambassador to England, since 2006. Board directors East-West Institute, New York, American Field Service, Fletcher School Law and Diplomacy, Alfred-Herrhausen-Gesellschaft (Deutsche Bank).
Married; 3 children.