Curriculum vitae

Designated Permanent Representative Dr Detlef Wächter

Studied history, political science and law. Master of Philosophy, Cambridge (UK) 1990; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Bonn, 1993.

Married to Dr Katja-Maria Wächter; one son, two daughters.

• 1994 – 1995 Foreign Service Academy, Federal Foreign Office, Bonn

• 1995 – 1997 Federal Foreign Office, Bonn

• 1997 – 1999 German Embassy, Cairo

• 1999 – 2002 German Embassy, Helsinki

• 2002 – 2005 Federal Foreign Office, Berlin, Political Directorate-General

• 2005 – 2007 German Delegation to NATO, Brussels

• 2007 – 2010 Federal Chancellery, Berlin, Director Security Policy, US and Canada, Western Europe and Turkey

• 2010 – 2014 German Embassy, Washington DC

• 2014 – 2015 Federal Foreign Office, Head North America Division

• 2015 – 2017 Federal Chancellery, Senior Director Security Policy, US and Canada, Western Europe and Turkey

• 2017 – 2019 Ambassador to the United Republic of Tanzania

• 2019 – 2022 Director-General for Security and Defence Policy, Federal Ministry of Defence, Berlin

• 2022 – 2025 Ambassador to the Kingdom of Norway

• From August 2025 Permanent Representative of the Federal Republic of Germany to NATO, Brussels