Peter Ptassek

Peter Ptassek (born November 1, 1961 in Gelsenkirchen ) is a German diplomat . He has been ambassador to Colombia since 2018 .

career

After graduating from high school , Peter Ptassek studied philosophy , German and literature and received his doctorate in philosophy in 1993.

In 1993 Peter Ptassek joined the Foreign Service . His first assignments led him to work as an exchange officer at the French Foreign Ministry in Paris and in the foreign department of the Federal President's Office in Bonn . From 1997 to 2000 he worked at the embassy in Moscow , then until 2002 in the European department of the Foreign Office and from 2002 to 2004 in the advisory staff of the EU Commission President Romano Prodi in Brussels .

From 2006 he worked as deputy head of EU finance in the European department of the Federal Foreign Office, moved to Afghanistan as civilian head of the Provincial Reconstruction Team in 2008 and became head of the EU finance, agricultural policy and economic affairs department in 2009. Department. From 2014 to 2018 he was the EU Commissioner for Fundamental Issues and Deputy Head of the Europe Department.

In 2018 Ptassek was appointed ambassador to Colombia .

Peter Ptassek is married and has four children.

literature

Ptassek, Peter .: Power and opinion: the rhetorical constitution of the political world . Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 1992, ISBN 3-525-30505-2 .

Ptassek, Peter .: Rhetorical Rationality: Stations in a history of repression from antiquity to modern times (dissertation) . W. Fink Verlag, Munich 1993, ISBN 3-7705-2892-1 .

Web links

• Resume. In: Website of the German Embassy in Bogota. Retrieved January 23, 2020 . 

Individual evidence

1. ^ Message in the Federal Gazette: BAnz AT December 14, 2018 S1