Deike Potzel
Deike Potzel (born October 14, 1968 in Berlin ) is a German diplomat . She has been the Ambassador to Ireland since November 2017 .
Life
After graduating from high school, Deike Potzel studied English and Romance languages at the Humboldt University in Berlin from 1987 to 1992 .
She is married to the diplomat Markus Potzel and has two children.
career
Deike Potzel began training for the Foreign Service in 1993. After graduation, she worked from 1995 to 1997 as a consultant for election observation and democratization aid at the Foreign Office in Bonn and in 1998 went to the German Embassy in Singapore as a press / protocol / policy officer, where she stayed until 2000. From 2002 to 2004 she was the head of the culture and press department at the German Embassy in Tehran, Iran.
From 2002 to 2012 she worked in various functions at the Foreign Office in Berlin, first as a consultant for EU expansion (2004–2005), then as a consultant for Iran and the Gulf States (2005–2008) and then as deputy head of the HR department. In 2012 she moved to the personal office of the Federal President, of which she was head until 2014.
After a job as Personnel Officer and Deputy Head of the Central Department, Deike Potzel was appointed ambassador to the German Embassy in Dublin in November 2017, where she succeeded Matthias Höpfner .
Web links
- Resume. In: Website of the German Embassy in Dublin / Ireland. Retrieved November 18, 2019 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Report in the Federal Gazette BAnz AT 30.01.2018 S1
- ↑ Derek Scally: 'A permanent state of schizophrenia': growing up in East Germany , irishtimes.com, November 4, 2019, accessed on November 18, 2019.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Potzel, Deike |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German diplomat |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 14, 1968 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |