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UNIS/BIO/1088
28 July 2015

New Permanent Representative of the Federal Republic of Germany presents credentials

(Based on information provided by the Protocol and Liaison Service)

VIENNA, 28 July (UN Information Service) - The new Permanent Representative of the Federal Republic of Germany to the United Nations (Vienna), Friedrich Däuble, presented his credentials today to the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Vienna (UNOV), Yury Fedotov.

Mr Däuble is currently serving as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Federal Republic of Germany to Austria.

During his career, Mr. Däuble has served in various capacities, among them:

Consul-General of the Federal Republic of Germany in São Paulo, Brazil (2013-2015); Minister and Deputy Chief of Mission at the German Embassy in Rome, Italy (2008-2012); Ambassador and Commissioner for Civilian Crisis Prevention, Conflict Resolution and Post-Conflict Peacebuilding at the Federal Foreign Office in Berlin, Germany (2006-2008); Advisor on EU Affairs at the Office of the Federal President in Berlin, Germany (2003-2006); Head of Political Section at the German Embassy in Warsaw, Poland (2000-2003); Chair of Staff Council at the Federal Foreign Office in Bonn, Germany (1996-2000); Spokesperson for the Permanent Representation of the Federal Republic of Germany to the European Union in Brussels, Belgium (1993-1996); Political Directorate-General of the Federal Foreign Office in Bonn, Germany (1990-1993); Desk Officer for Cultural Affairs at the German Embassy in Caracas, Venezuela (1987-1990); Political Directorate-General at the Federal Foreign Office in Bonn, Germany (1986-1987).

Mr. Däuble holds studied History and German at the University of Heidelberg, Germany, the University of Vienna, Austria, and the University of Cambridge, United Kingdom. He also participated in training for the higher Foreign Service (1984-1986) and the NATO Defense College programme (2012-2013).

Mr. Däuble is married and has five children.

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