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Curriculum Vitae of Consul General Weert Börner, LL.M.

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Curriculum Vitae

Date of Birth

06.09.1963

Place of birth

Bonn, Germany

Civil status

Married, 2 Children

Professional Career

1982

Abitur (high-school examination) in Bonn

1982 - 1984

Federal Armed Forces, Reserve Officer, Daun and Feldafing, Germany

1984 - 1989

Studied Geography and Law in Tübingen and Bonn, Germany

1990

First Legal State Exam, Cologne, Germany

1990 - 1991
Master of Laws (LL.M.) in International Environmental Law, The American University, Washington D.C., USA (Fulbright Scholarship)

1993

United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Legal Department, Nairobi, Kenya

1994

Second Legal State Exam, Hamburg, Germany

1995

Joined the German Foreign Service

1996 - 1998

German Foreign Office, Bonn: Aliens Law Division

1998 - 2001

German Embassy Pretoria, South Africa: Political Affairs and Protocol,

2000-01 also Head of Legal and Consular Division

2001 - 2004

German Foreign Office, Berlin: Personnel Division

2004 - 2007
German Embassy New Delhi, India: Political Department and Head of Protocol

2007 - 2009

German Foreign Office, Berlin: Division for United States of America and Canada

2009 - 2011
German Foreign Office, Berlin: Deputy Head of Division for Real Estate Management Abroad
2011 - 2013
German Foreign Office, Berlin: Deputy Head of Division for Climate and Environmental Foreign Policy
2013 - 2016
German Foreign Office, Berlin: Head of Division for German Personnel in International Organizations
2016 - 2019
German Embassy Seoul, South Korea: Deputy Head of Mission and Head of Economic Section

2019- 2022

German Embassy Hanoi, Vietnam: Deputy Head of Mission and Head of Economic Section
Since Aug. 2022
German Consulate General Lagos, Nigeria: Consul General
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