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Auswärtiges AmtJens Plötner
Curriculum Vitae of the State Secretary
| Period | Training and professional experience |
|---|---|
| Since 08/2025 | State Secretary at the Federal Ministry of Defence |
| 2021–2025 | Foreign and Security Policy Advisor to the Federal Chancellor |
| 2019–2021 | Political Director at the Federal Foreign Office |
| 2017–2019 | German Ambassador to Greece |
| 2014–2017 | Head of the Political Staff of the Federal Foreign Office and Head of the Minister's Office of Federal Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier |
| 2012–2014 | German Ambassador to Tunisia |
| 2009–2012 | German Ambassador to Sri Lanka |
| 2007–2009 | Federal Foreign Office Spokesperson |
| 2007–2008 | Deputy Head of the Minister's Office of Federal Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier |
| 2002–2007 | Expert spokesperson, most recently Deputy Spokesperson of the Federal Foreign Office |
| 1998–2002 | Political Department of the Germany Embassy in Tel Aviv, Israel |
| 1996–1998 | Staff of the Minister of State for Europe, Werner Hoyer, at the Federal Foreign Office |
| 1994–1996 | Attaché training in Bonn |
| 1993–1994 | Research assistant at the Centre Nationale de la Recherche Scientifique in Paris |
| 1988–1993 | Study of law in Hamburg, Bordeaux and Paris |
| 1987–1988 | Compulsory military service in Lüneburg |
| 1987 | University entrance qualification acquired in Buchholz in der Nordheide |