Ludger Siemes är tillträdande ambassadör för Förbundsrepubliken Tyskland i Sverige.

CV Ludger Siemes 

born 07.07.1965 in Cologne/Germany, married with three daughters

1984
High School Diploma (Abitur), Aloisius Kolleg, Bonn-Bad Godesberg

1984 to 1985
German military Service (Bundeswehr)

1985 to 1990
Studies in law, history and political science at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-University Bonn

1991
1st State Examination in Law at Higher Regional Court in Cologne

1991 to 1993
Attaché, Academy of the Foreign Office, Bonn

1993 to 1994
Desk Officer “South Africa, Mozambique” Foreign Office of the Federal Republic of Germany, Bonn

1994 to 1997
First Secretary “Press and Political Affairs” German Embassy, Caracas

1997 to 2000
First Secretary “Political and Protocol Affairs” German Embassy, Washington, D.C.

2000 to 2003
Chief of Staff to the Coordinator for German-American Cooperation, Foreign Office of the Federal Republic of Germany, Berlin

2003 to 2006
Senior Foreign Policy Advisor to the Foreign Policy Spokesperson of the CDU/CSU Parliamentary Group in the German Federal Parliament, Berlin

2006 to 2011
Head of Division “Middle East, Asia, Africa, Latin America”, Federal Chancellery, Berlin

2011 to 2015
Minister for Political Affairs, German Embassy, Washington, D.C.

2015 to 2016
Research Fellow, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University, Boston

2016 to 2019
Deputy Chief of Mission, German Embassy, Mexico-City

2019 to 2025
Director General European and International Affairs, State Chancellery of North Rhine-Westphalia, Düsseldorf

2025 to present
Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to the Kingdom of Sweden