Martin Lutz (diplomat)

Martin Lutz (born April 2, 1943 in Ravensburg ) is a German diplomat and was Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to Australia from July 2005 to July 2008 as well as an accredited representative of the Federal Republic in Nauru , Papua New Guinea , Solomon Islands and Vanuatu .

life and career

After studying law at the universities of Munich, Geneva and Heidelberg, Lutz joined the Foreign Service in 1972 .

This was followed by assignments at the embassy in Ireland, at the consulate general in Toronto / Canada, at the embassy in Chile and from 1978–1981 in the foreign trade department of the Foreign Office in Bonn.

From 1981 to 1984 Martin Lutz was an economic attaché at the embassy in Israel and then until 1989 deputy head of the “Foreign Trade Promotion” department at the Foreign Office. 1989-1992 was followed by as Head of the Political Unit and charge d'affaires ( business support ) at the embassy in the former Yugoslavia.

Martin Lutz was then head of the “Economic Relations with Central and Eastern European Countries” unit in the Foreign Office until 1996 and ambassador and head of the “Working Group for Ethnic and National Communities and Minorities in Former Yugoslavia” from 1996 to 1998 (this office was connected to the “ Office of the High Representative ”in Brussels).

From 1998 to 2001 he was envoy and head of the economic department at the Permanent Representation of the Federal Republic of Germany to the United Nations in New York and then until 2005 ministerial director and commissioner for foreign trade promotion and international technology policy in the Federal Foreign Office.

In July 2005 he replaced Klaus-Peter Klaiber as Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany in Australia . At the same time he became an accredited representative of the Federal Republic in Nauru , Papua New Guinea , Solomon Islands and in Vanuatu . In July 2008 he was replaced in this position by Michael Witter .

Web links

• Curriculum vitae on the homepage of the German Embassy Canberra ( Memento from July 19, 2008 in the Internet Archive )