The Ambassador - Curriculum Vitae
Ambassador Klaus Scharioth presented his credentials to President George W. Bush on March 13, 2006.
Klaus Scharioth was born in 1946 in Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia. He studied law in Bonn, Freiburg and Geneva. He is also a graduate of the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, where he studied international relations, international law and international economics and received his PhD. He entered the Foreign Service in 1976 and was political director before serving as State Secretary of the German Foreign Office from 2002 onwards. He is married and has three children.
Curriculum Vitae
| 1966 | Obtained higher education entrance qualification, Abitur, in Essen |
| 1966-1967 | 18 months of Military Service |
| 1967-1968 | Studied political science, sociology and psychology in Caldwell, Idaho |
| 1968-1973 | Studied law in Bonn, Freiburg and Geneva |
| 1973 | Passed first state law exam |
| 1973-1975 | Studied international relations, international law and international finance and economics at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Harvard Law School and the John F. Kennedy School of Government |
| 1974 | M.A. from the Fletcher School |
| 1975 | M.A.L.D. from the Fletcher School |
| 1976 | Entered the Foreign Service |
| 1978 | Ph.D. from the Fletcher School |
| 1977-1979 | Asia Division, Press Division and State Secretary's Office at Federal Foreign Office |
| 1979-1982 | German Embassy, Quito |
| 1982-1986 | Policy Planning Staff, Federal Foreign Office |
| 1986-1990 | Permanent Mission of the Federal Republic of Germany to the United Nations, NY; Vice Chairman of the UN Legal and Charter Committees |
| 1990-1993 | International Law Division, Federal Foreign Office |
| 1993-1996 | Chef de Cabinet (director of the private office) to NATO Secretary-General, Brussels |
| 1996-1997 | Head of the Defense and Security Policy Division, Federal Foreign Office |
| 1997-1998 | Office of the Foreign Minister
as of April 1998, Head |
| 1998-1999 | Head of the International Security and North America Directorate |
| 1999-2002 | Political Director and Head of the Political Directorate-General |
| 2002-2006 | State Secretary of the Foreign Office |
| As of March 2006 | Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to the United States |
