Herbert Salber
Herbert Salber (born April 26, 1954 in Aachen ) is a German diplomat .
Life
After attending the Einhard High School in Aachen, Salber studied French and Russian in Bonn and Toulouse . In May 1980 he passed the first state examination in philology for teaching. Then he went to the preparatory service for the higher foreign service . From 1984 to 1988 Salber worked as a cultural attaché at the German embassy in Belgrade ( Yugoslavia ). He was then permanent representative at the embassy in Managua ( Nicaragua ) until 1990 . After a period at the Foreign Office in Germany, Salber became Deputy Head of the Permanent Mission of the Federal Republic of Germany to the OSCE in Vienna in 1996 . In 2000/2001 he was Head of the OSCE Center in Almaty . Between 2004 and 2006 Salber worked at the German Embassy in Moscow. He then became Director of the OSCE Conflict Prevention Center in Vienna. Back in Germany, Salber was the Federal Foreign Office's security policy officer from 2011 to 2013. He then held the post of Permanent Representative of Germany to NATO in Brussels . In 2014 Salber became the EU special envoy for the South Caucasus and the crisis in Georgia .
From August 2017 to July 2019 he was head of the German Embassy in Sofia ( Bulgaria ). For his services to German-Bulgarian relations, he was awarded the Stara Planina Order by the Bulgarian President Rumen Radew in June 2019 .
Salber is married and has three children.
Web links
- Curriculum vitae from the website of the German Embassy Sofia ( Memento from April 21, 2019 in the Internet Archive )
- CV on the website of the EEAS (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Germany's ambassador in Sofia awarded the Stara Planina order. Retrieved October 24, 2019 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Salber, Herbert |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German diplomat |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 26, 1954 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Aachen |