Welcome
Representative to the Political and Security Committee
Ambassador
Dr Martin Schäfer
Born in Bremen, Germany, 22 August 1967
8 children
| 1987 | High School graduation in Achim, Lower Saxony |
| 1987 – 1993 | Law studies at Universities of Freiburg, Lausanne, Münster |
| 1987 – 1989 | Economics studies at University of Freiburg (Diploma) |
| 1989 – 1990 | Law Studies at Université de Lausanne (Switzerland) |
| 1993 | First State Examination in Law in Hamm, Northrhine-Westphalia |
| 1990 - 1991 | Maitrise (Master) in Sciences Economiques at the University of Montpellier/France |
| 1992 - 1993 | Studies of Political Science, History and Sociology at the Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris |
| 1994 - 1995 | Studies at Ecole Nationale d'Administration Publique in Paris and Strasbourg/France |
| 1996 | Doctorate in Public International Law at University of Münster |
| 1996 | Joined the Federal Foreign Office |
| 1999 - 2002 | German Embassy in Kiev |
| 2002 - 2005 | German Embassy in Santiago de Chile |
| 2005 - 2007 | Federal Foreign Office, Berlin |
| 2007 - 2011 | German Embassy in Pretoria |
| 2011 - 2013 | Deputy Federal Foreign Office Spokesperson |
| 2013 - 2017 | Federal Foreign Office Spokesperson |
| 2017 - 2021 | Ambassador to South Africa |
| 2021 - 2024 | Minister plenipotentiary/Deputy Head of Mission German Embassy in Paris |
| Since 2024 | PSC Ambassador in Brussels |