Ambassador Birgitta Maria Siefker-Eberle - Curriculum Vitae

Botschafterin Birgitta Siefker-Eberle (© Auswärtiges Amt)

born December 15, 1954 in Göteborg / Sweden, mother of 3 children

  • undergraduate studies in history and Arabic language at the American University of Beirut 1973-75;
  • law studies at the University of Bonn, law degree 1981;
  • scientific assistant to the Chair of International Law, Bonn University 1981-82;
  • admission to the German Foreign Service, Foreign Service Training Programme 1982.84;
  • Political and Legal Officer, German Embassy Damascus / Syria 1984-86;
  • Desk Officer, Legal Department of the German Foreign Office, Bonn, 1986-87;
  • Political Officer and Head of Legal and Consular Section, German Embassy Islamabad / Pakistan, 1988-91;
  • Deputy Head of Training Center for Young Diplomats, Bonn, 1991-93;
  • Political Counsellor, Permanent Mission of Germany to NATO, Brussels, 1993-96;
  • Coordinator for International Staff Policy, 1997-2001;
  • Director, International Treaty Law, Legal Department of the Foreign Office, Berlin, 2001-05;
  • Deputy Permanent Representative of the German Mission, Geneva, 2005-08;
  • since March 2009 German Ambassador to the Lebanese Republic

Languages: English, French, Arabic