Miguel Berger

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Miguel Berger (* 1961 in Madrid ) is a German diplomat and has been State Secretary of the Federal Foreign Office since May 4, 2020 .

career

Berger studied economics and joined the German diplomatic service in 1988. After completing his training , he worked from 1990 to 1993 as a consultant for the ethnic German minority at the German Embassy in Bucharest . From 1993 to 1997 he was an advisor for press and politics at the German Embassy in Mexico City . He then moved to the headquarters of the Foreign Office. There he worked from 1997 to 1999 as a speaker in the parliament and cabinet department in Bonn, from 1999 to 2002 as deputy head in the same department in Berlin on Werderscher Markt . From there he moved to New York , where he was Deputy Head of the Economic Department at the Permanent Mission to the United Nations until 2004 . Berger then became head of the Representation Office in the Palestinian Territories, before moving back to the Parliament and Cabinet Division in 2006, this time as head. From June 2010 to July 2013 he was Deputy Head of the Permanent Mission to the United Nations in New York and from September 2012 to September 2013 he served as Chairman of the Budget and Administrative Committee of the 67th General Assembly of the United Nations . In addition, Germany was a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council for two years during this period .

In August 2013 Berger became the representative for global issues as well as energy and climate foreign policy in Berlin, but already changed the department in July 2014 and became regional representative for the Near and Middle East and Maghreb. Finally, in July 2016, he became head of the Department for Economy and Sustainable Development, where he was responsible for Instex , among other things . On May 4, 2020, he was finally appointed State Secretary. His predecessor Andreas Michaelis moved to London as ambassador .

As State Secretary, Berger is responsible for the two political departments as well as European, Asia and Pacific policy and the crisis officer.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ State Secretary Miguel Berger. May 4, 2020, accessed June 1, 2020 .
  2. ↑ Stefan Braun: Profile: Miguel Berger. In: sz.de. March 13, 2016, accessed June 1, 2020 .
  3. ^ Matthias Gebauer and Christoph Schult: Middle East expert Berger is Maas' new State Secretary. In: spiegel.de. January 20, 2020, accessed June 1, 2020 .
  4. ↑ Foreign Office organization plan. May 19, 2020, accessed June 1, 2020 .
  5. ↑ The Crisis Response Center. July 28, 2019, accessed January 6, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Berger, Miguel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German diplomat
DATE OF BIRTH 1961
PLACE OF BIRTH Madrid