Martin Erdmann (diplomat)

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Martin Erdmann (born January 25, 1955 in Münster ) is a German diplomat . From 2015 to 2020 he was the Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to Turkey .

Life

In 1982 Erdmann joined the Foreign Service . In 1984 he passed his diplomatic-consular state examination and became personal assistant to the Minister of State in the Foreign Office, Alois Mertes . From 1985 to 1987 he was second secretary at the German embassy in Helsinki , then until 1990 first secretary of the German NATO representation in Brussels . In 1990 he returned to the Foreign Office in Bonn , where he became an advisor in the press department. In 1993 Erdmann was appointed deputy spokesman for the Federal Foreign Office. In 1995, Federal Foreign Minister Klaus Kinkel ( Kohl V cabinet ) appointed him spokesman for the ministry. Erdmann held the task until the summer of 1999, after the change of government in autumn 1998 under Federal Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer .

In preparation for his subsequent work as envoy and representative of the ambassador at the German NATO mission in Brussels, he completed the 95th course for NATO executives (Senior Course 95th) at the NATO Defense College in Rome (August 1999 to February 2000). Following his job as envoy, Erdmann moved to the international staff at NATO headquarters in Brussels in the summer of 2005 . He was appointed Assistant Secretary General for Political Affairs by the then NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer . This function corresponds to the role of the political director in a national foreign ministry. At the beginning of 2010 he moved back to the Foreign Office in Berlin for a short time; In March 2010 he was appointed Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Federal Republic of Germany to the North Atlantic Council by the then Federal Government ( Merkel II Cabinet ) . In addition, he was doyen of the North Atlantic Council from October 1, 2014 to the end of July 2015 . From August 2015 to July 2020 he was the German ambassador to Turkey.

On June 2, 2016, at the request of all four parliamentary groups, the Bundestag passed the resolution “Remembrance and commemoration of the genocide of the Armenians and other Christian minorities in 1915 and 1916” . Subsequently, the Turkish government stopped Erdmann from going to Turkish government offices for months. The Foreign Ministry appointed the ambassador more than twenty times during his tenure. After leaving the diplomatic service, he described the developments in human rights, freedom of the press and the judiciary under Erdoğan as "disturbing", but Turkey's society as "thoroughly democratic".

Erdmann is a holder of foreign medals and badges of honor.

He is married and has three children.

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ https://www.trtdeutsch.com/politik-turkei/deutscher-botschafter-in-ankara-scheidet-aus-dem-amt-2034764
  2. ^ A b Christoph Heinemann: Ex-Ambassador Erdmann to Turkey - "The democratic reflexes work". In: deutschlandfunk.de. August 2, 2020, accessed August 2, 2020 .
  3. ↑ sueddeutsche.de July 28, 2016: Ankara dismisses the German ambassador
  4. ↑ spiegel.online.de: German Embassy in Turkey ordered
predecessor Office successor
Ulrich Brandenburg Permanent representative of Germany to NATO
2010–2015 		Hans-Dieter Lucas
Eberhard Pohl German Ambassador to Turkey
2015–2020
personal data
SURNAME Erdmann, Martin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German diplomat
DATE OF BIRTH January 25, 1955
PLACE OF BIRTH Muenster