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Curriculum Vitae of Ambassador Annett Günther

12.01.2023 - Article

Born in 1963, married with 2 children.

1982 - 1987Humboldt University to Berlin, English and Iranian Studies
1985 - 1987State University in Dushanbe, Tajikistan
1987 - 1991
Academic Assistant at the Humboldt University to Berlin
1990
Interpreter in Tehran, Iran
1991 - 1993
Federal Foreign Office training academy
1993 - 1994
Federal Foreign Office, Cultural Directorate-General
1994 - 1997
German Embassy in Wellington, New Zealand
1997 - 2001
German Embassy in Tashkent, Uzbekistan
2001 - 2004Federal Foreign Office Berlin, Special Task Force for Afghanistan
2003

Senior Political Advisor to the Commander of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Kabul, Afghanistan

2004 - 2006
Federal College for Security Studies, Foreign Policy Advisor Berlin
2006 - 2007
Federal Foreign Office Berlin, Political Directorate-General
2007 - 2008
Federal Foreign Office Berlin, Cultural Directorate-General
2008 - 2010

Full-time Member of the Board of the Staff Council of the Federal Foreign Office

2010 - 2013
German Ambassador to the Republic of Botswana

2013 - 2015

Federal Foreign Office Berlin, Head of Division for the equiptment of missions abroad
2015 - 2017Federal Foreign Office Berlin, Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid, Crisis Prevention and Post-Conflict Peacebuilding
2017 - 2018Federal Foreign Office Berlin, Commissioner for Refugees and Migration
2018 - 2022German Ambassador to the Republic of Kenya, the Federal Republic of Botswana, the Republic of Seychelles and to UNEP and UN-HABITAT
Since 2022German Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Nigeria and to ECOWAS


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