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Consul General Holger Ziegeler
Curriculum Vitae
Holger Ziegeler
born on 20.06.1961 in Regensburg, Germany
married, 3 children
Professional Experience
since 2020
Consul General, German Consulate General Karachi
2016 – 2020
Consul General, German Consulate General Jeddah and Special Envoy to the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC)
2014 – 2016
Head, External Economic Promotion and Economic Consultancy Task Force, Foreign Office, Berlin
2013 – 2014
Special Representative for International Economic Partnerships and Alliances and B20 Sherpa, Federation of German Industries, Berlin
2012 – 2013
Director, German Information Center USA, German Embassy, Washington DC
2012
seconded to High-Level Seminar on Security Policy, Federal Academy for Security Studies, Berlin
2011
Coordinator, Afghanistan Bonn Conference 2011, Task Force Afghanistan/Pakistan, Foreign Office, Berlin
2009 – 2011
Deputy Head, Development Policy Division, Foreign Office, Berlin
2007 – 2009
seconded to World Bank/IMF Division, Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, Berlin
2003 – 2007
Counsellor, Political and Economic Affairs, German Embassy Addis Abeba
1999 – 2003
Deputy Consul General, German Consulate General Miami FL
1996 – 1999
Deputy Head, Information Technology Policy Division, Foreign Office, Bonn
1994 -1996
1st Secretary, Cultural Affairs and Public Diplomacy, German Embassy Asunción
1993 – 1994
Desk Officer, Public Relations Division, Foreign Office, Bonn
1992 – 1993
Attaché, Diplomatic Academy, Foreign Office, Bonn
1987 – 1992
Siemens Austria
1991 – 1992
Subsystem Manager, Programs and Systems Engineering, Vienna
1990 – 1991
Project Manager, Programs and Systems Engineering, Vienna
1987- 1990
Systems Engineer, Artificial Intelligence Projects Group, Vienna
Education
1980 – 1987
Physics and General Linguistics, University of Regensburg
1987
Diplom-Physiker
1983 – 1984
Physics, University of Vienna
1982 – 1983
Physics, Ohio State University, Columbus OH
1983
Master of Science
1980 – 1983
Physics and Mathematics, University of Regensburg
1971 – 1980
Goethe-Gymnasium, Regensburg
1980
Abitur