Bernd Mützelburg

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Bernd Mützelburg (born January 17, 1944 in Mainz ) is a former German diplomat .

From 2006 to 2009 he was Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to India and from February 16, 2009 to March 24, 2010, Special Representative of the Foreign Office for Afghanistan and Pakistan . After the change of government in 2009, the new Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle initially left him in office in preparation for the London Afghanistan Conference on January 28, 2010. On March 24, 2010, the Federal Cabinet appointed Ambassador Michael Steiner as his successor .

Career

Mützelburg did his military service as a reserve officer candidate in the Bundeswehr. After studying law at the University of Mainz and the University of Marburg , Bernd Mützelburg studied at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy in Boston, where he obtained a Master of Arts (MA) degree in 1974.

After joining the Foreign Service in 1972, he was initially employed as a personal advisor to State Minister Karl Moersch ( FDP ) in the Foreign Office .

From 1975 to 1978 Mützelburg was the ambassador's permanent representative in Jamaica . This was followed by assignments in the Foreign Office (in the Department for Disarmament and Arms Control), at the Permanent Mission to the United Nations in New York and again in the Foreign Office.

From 1988 to 1991 Mützelburg was deputy head of the ministerial office of the then Federal Foreign Minister Hans-Dietrich Genscher .

In 1991 he became Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to Kenya and at the same time permanent representative to UNEP and HABITAT . From 1995 to 1999 Mützelburg was then Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to Estonia .

From August 1999 to July 2001 he was Deputy Head of the Department for Foreign and Security Policy in the Federal Chancellery under Federal Chancellor Gerhard Schröder . He then became head of the Department for Global Issues, United Nations , Human Rights and Humanitarian Aid (GF) in the Federal Foreign Office. His successor as head of the department was Hans-Joachim Daerr .

In November 2002 Mützelburg returned to the Federal Chancellery and this time became head of the department for foreign and security policy and advisor to the Federal Chancellor.

After the federal election in 2005, Christoph Heusgen took over this post and Mützelburg was transferred to the Foreign Office as ambassador for special tasks until he took over the management of the German embassy in India in February 2006. On February 16, 2009, Foreign Minister Steinmeier briefly appointed him special representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Michael Steiner - curriculum vitae. Federal Foreign Office, March 24, 2010, accessed March 23, 2011 .
  2. ↑ Federal Foreign Office: "Federal Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier has appointed Ambassador Bernd Mützelburg as Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan" ( Memento of the original from March 26, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.diplo.de
predecessor Office successor
Franz von Mentzingen Ambassador to Kenya
1991–1995 		Michael Gerdts
Henning von Wistinghausen Ambassador to Estonia
1995–1999 		Gerhard Enver Schrömbgens
Heimo Richter Ambassador to India
2006–2008 		Thomas Matussek
personal data
SURNAME Mützelburg, Bernd
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German diplomat
DATE OF BIRTH January 17, 1944
PLACE OF BIRTH Mainz