Welcome
Ambassador Brita Wagener
since 2017 Ambassador, Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
2014 – 2017 Consul General, New York, USA
2012 – 2014 Ambassador, Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in Baghdad, Iraq
2009 – 2012 Consul General, Istanbul, Turkey Consul General, Istanbul, Turkey
2006 – 2009 Ambassador, Commissioner for German Personnel in International Organisations,
Federal Foreign Office, Berlin
2003 – 2006 Minister Plenipotentiary, Deputy Head of Mission German Embassy, Cairo
2000 – 2003 Head of Human Rights Division, Department of Global Affairs, Multilateral
Organisations, Foreign Office, Berlin
1998 – 2000 Deputy Head of Personnel Division, Foreign Office, Bonn and Berlin
1997 – 1998 Deputy Head of Middle East Division, Foreign Office, Bonn
1994 – 1997 Counsellor, Economic and Commercial Affairs, Embassy, Tel Aviv
1991 – 1994 Counsellor, Political Affairs, German Embassy New Delhi
1988 – 1991 First Secretary, Division of Public International Law, Foreign Office
1985 – 1988 Second Secretary, Legal and Consular Affairs, Embassy Cairo
1980 – 1983 Legal Internship (Referendarzeit)
1983 Second State Examination in Law, joining the German Foreign Service
1974 – 1978 Studies of law at Bonn and Hamburg Universities, First State Examination
in Law (MA) 1978
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Dear reader, Welcome to the website of the German Embassy in Addis Ababa! Germany and Ethiopia look back on a long and successful cooperation. In more than 100 years since the conclusion of…