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Curriculum vitae of Ambassador Grannas

02.09.2022 - Article

Ambassador Alfred Grannas was born 22.12.1960 in Rosenheim, Bavaria
He has been with the German Foreign Office since 1990

Languages:
German (Mother Tongue), English, French, Spanish, Italian, Norwegian (all fluent)

1980/81
Special Forces Officer, German Army
1981 - 1986
Studies in Law and History,
1986
Master of Law, Munich University,
1986-1989
Judge, district attorney and district administration, State of Bavaria
1990 – 1991
Diplomatic Academy, German Foreign Office
1991 - 1992
UNESCO-Desk Officer, German Foreign Office
1992 - 1995
First Secretary, German Embassy Lima/Peru
1995 - 1997

Cabinet of German FM Kinkel, Parliamentary Relations,

1997 - 1999

Chief of Cabinet of the Senior Deputy High Representative (SDHR), OHR Sarajevo/BiH

1999

Chief of Cabinet, Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary General (DSRSG), Civil Administration, UNMIK/Kosovo

1999 - 2001

Counsellor for Security Council Affairs, Permanent Mission of Germany to the United Nations in New York

2001 - 2006
Head of Change Management, German Foreign Office
2006 - 2010
Deputy Head of Mission, German Embassy Oslo/Norway
2010 - 2012
Head of the Humanitarian Assistance Task Force, German Foreign Office
2012 - 2014

Deputy Head of Delegation, EU-Delegation, Kabul/Afghanistan

2014 – 2015

Deputy Director General for International Order, the United Nations and Human Rights, German Foreign Office,

2015-2018

Deputy Director General for Infrastructure and Security, German Foreign Office

2018-2022

Ambassador in Oslo/Norway

since 2022
Ambassador in Islamabad
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