Welcome
Birgitt Ory, Ambassador-designate
married, 2 children
| Since 2025 | Ambassador-designate of the Federal Republic of Germany to the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia |
| 2022-2025 | Federal Foreign Office, Berlin: Deputy Director General / Commissioner for Economic Security, Foreign Economic Policy and Foreign Trade Promotion |
| 2019–2022 | Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to the Federal Republic of Nigeria |
| 2018–2019 | Federal Foreign Office, Berlin. Chief of Staff / Office of Minister of State |
| 2016–2018 | Federal Foreign Office, Berlin: Director, International Economic Affairs |
| 2011–2016 | Federal Foreign Office, Berlin. Director, Southeast Asia, Pacific |
| 2008–2011 | Head of German Institute Taipei |
| 2004–2008 | Federal Foreign Office, Berlin. Director, Multilateral Cooperation Asia |
| 2001–2004 | Office of the Federal President of Germany, Berlin. Foreign Policy Department |
| 1998–2001 | Permanent Mission of Germany to the United Nations, New York. Political Department: Security Council, Africa |
| 1995–1998 | Federal Foreign Office, Bonn. Cabinet of the Foreign Minister |
| 1993–1995 | German Embassy Phnom Penh/Cambodia. Deputy Head of Mission |
| 1992/93 | Federal Foreign Office, Bonn/Germany. Department of Economics and Humanitarian Aid |
| 1991/92 | « Ecole Nationale d’Administration, E.N.A. » and Quai d’Orsay, Paris/France |
| 1990–1992 | Federal Foreign Office, Bonn. Attachée at Diplomatic Academy, Bonn |
| 1984–1989 | Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Magister Artium, Political Science, Communication, German Literature |