- Klaus Scharioth
Dr. Klaus Scharioth (born
October 8 1946 ) is a German diplomat, currently Germany's ambassador to theUnited States .Scharioth was born in
Essen , located in theRuhr Area in western Germany. He studied law in Bonn, Freiburg and Geneva and political science, sociology and psychology atAlbertson College of Idaho inCaldwell, Idaho . He is also a graduate of theFletcher School , where he studied international relations, international law and international economics and received his PhD. He is married with three children.German Ministry of Foreign Affairs
His first posts were in
Quito ,Ecuador (1979-1982) and at Germany's Permanent Mission to the United Nations inNew York City (1986-1990). In the GermanMinistry of Foreign Affairs itself, he has served in the Asia, press and State Secretary's offices (1977-79), in the policy planning staff (1982-1986), and in the international law division (1990-1993).ecurity Policy
Scharioth was "Director of the Private Office" to the NATO Secretary General in
Brussels ,Belgium , from 1993 to 1996. In the Foreign Ministry he thereafter held posts as Head of the Defense and Security Policy Division (1996-1997), and as Head of the International Security and North America Directorate (1998-1999).tate Secretary
Klaus Scharioth was appointed Head of the Office of Foreign Minister
Klaus Kinkel in 1998. UnderJoschka Fischer Scharioth became Political Director (1999-2002) before serving as "State Secretary" of the German Foreign Office from 2002 onwards.Ambassador
Scharioth presented his ambassadorial credentials to
George W. Bush onMarch 13 2006 .External links
* [http://www.washdiplomat.com/ambprof/Germany.html The Washington Diplomat Newspaper - Ambassador profile ]
* [http://www.germany.info/relaunch/info/missions/embassy/ambassador.html CV on German Embassy website]
* [http://www.cfr.org/publication/12320/capital_interview.html?breadcrumb=%2Fpublication%2Fpublication_list%3Ftype%3Dinterview Interview with the "Council of Foreign Relations", 2 January 2007]
* [http://www.washdiplomat.com/January%202007/a5_01_07.html Interview with "The Washington Diplomat", January 2007]
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