Andreas von Mettenheim
Andreas von Mettenheim (born March 22, 1948 in Oberaudorf ) is a German diplomat and was ambassador to Romania from 2009 to 2013 .
Life
After graduating from high school in Bonn , von Mettenheim began studying law in 1966 at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn , the Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg and the Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main and completed a preparatory service between 1972 and 1973 Studied at the École nationale d'administration (ENA) in Paris .
After passing his second state examination , he joined the Foreign Service in 1975 and, after completing his training as an attaché, was permanent representative of the Consul General in Karachi from 1978 to 1980 . He then worked first in the economic department of the embassy in India and then from 1983 to 1986 in the human resources department of the Foreign Office before he was head of the press department at the embassy in Spain until 1989 .
After his return to Germany, he was deputy head of the Political Department of the Foreign Office and, after being employed from 1994 to 1998 as head of the press department at the Embassy in France, head of the Berlin office of the Foreign Office until 1999. He then worked in the Office of the Federal President , where he was Head of the Personal Office of Federal President Johannes Rau from 1999 to 2002 . He was then permanent representative of the ambassador to Russia and then from 2006 to 2009 deputy head of the legal department and representative for legal and consular matters, including migration issues, at the Federal Foreign Office.
From September 2, 2009, Andreas von Mettenheim was the successor to Roland Lohkamp as Ambassador to Romania , and in 2013 he left this post again. His successor in this office was Werner Hans Lauk .
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mettenheim, Andreas von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German diplomat |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 22, 1948 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Oberaudorf |
- Carl Wentzel-Teutschenthal 1876–1944. An agricultural entrepreneur in the resistance . Lukas Verlag, Berlin 2019 (publications of the German Resistance Memorial Center. Series A; 14), ISBN 978-3-86732-327-7 .