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Ambassador Susanne Baumann
Curriculum Vitae
Born on 16 March 1965 in Singen am Hohentwiel
Married, one child
since September 2025
Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to the United Kingdom
2021-2025
State Secretary of the Federal Foreign Office
2018-2021
Federal Government Commissioner for Disarmament and Arms Control and Head of the Directorate-General for International Order, the United Nations and Arms Control at the Federal Foreign Office
2015-2018
Deputy Federal Government Commissioner for Disarmament and Arms Control at the Federal Foreign Office
2013-2015
Head of the Division for Security and Disarmament Policy; Bilateral Relations with the USA, Canada; North, West and South Europe as well as Turkey, Federal Chancellery
2011-2013
Head of the Nuclear Disarmament, Arms Control and Non-proliferation Division, Federal Foreign Office
2010-2011
Political Advisor to the Director, Joint Commitments Staff, Federal Ministry of Defence
2006-2010
Parliament and Cabinet Division, Federal Foreign Office
2002-2006
German Embassy in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
1998-2002
Public Relations Division, Federal Foreign Office
as well as
1999-2000
Head of the representative office of the Federal Government in Prizren, Kosovo
1995-1998
Deputy Head of Mission at the German Embassy in Phnom Penh, Cambodia
1994-1995
Task Force “Future prospects for the foreign service”
1993
Entered the higher Foreign Service
1990-1992
Studied law in Bonn, passed first state examination in law
1987-1990
Various positions in Bonn, Paris, Miami, Dakar and Tbilisi, in part combining legal studies with employment
1984-1987
Training for the higher intermediate Foreign Service, degree in Public Administration