Curriculum Vitae
The Consul General
Friedrich Ludwig Löhr
| born: 10 April 1947, Ingolstadt, Germany married to Ying (Angela) Zhang | |
| Education: | |
| 1966 - 1974 | Studied law at the Universities of Heidelberg, Montpelier, and Oxford French language (B.A. equiv., Heidelberg 1970) State Examination in Law, Heidelberg 1971 M. Phil., International Relations, Oxford University, 1974 |
| 1974 | Attorney training (Heidelberg magistrates' court) |
| Career: | |
| 1975 | Attaché, German Foreign Office (public international law section, Protocol, Spanish language training (3 months, Madrid, Spain)) |
| 1977 | Second Secretary (Press and Information; from mid -1979: Political Affairs and Protocol), German Embassy, Belgrade, Yugoslavia |
| 1980 | Acting Head of Foreign Office Liaison Office in Berlin (West) |
| 1980 | Desk Officer for Cultural Affairs (Africa), Foreign Office |
| 1982 | Desk officer for Poland, later for Czechoslovakia and Bulgaria Federal Foreign Office |
| 1982 | First Secretary (Political and Disarmament Affairs), German Permanent Mission to the United Nations, New York |
| 1985 | Deputy Head of Mission, German Embassy, Khartoum (Sudan) |
| 1987 | Counsellor for relations with the European Parliament, German Permanent Representation in Brussels and Strasbourg |
| 1990 | Policy Planning Staff, Foreign Office |
| 1991 | Deputy Director (Europe), Federal Chancellor’s Office, Bonn |
| 1993 | Member of Policy Planning Group, CDU/CSU Parliamentary Party (on secondment) |
| 1995 | Deputy Chief of Mission, Budapest (Hungary) |
| 1995 (Aug/Sept) | Consul, German Embassy, Prague (Czech Republic) |
| 1995 | Deputy Head of Mission, Algiers |
| 1998 (Aug/Sept) | Chargé d´affaires, German Embassy, Lagos (Nigeria) |
| 1998 -2002 | Foreign Office, Berlin, Department of Disarmament, Arms Control and Non-proliferation, Head of Section for Biological and Chemical Disarmament |
| 2002 | Minister and DCM, German Embassy, Beijing (China) |
| 2005 - 2007 | Ambassador to North Korea, Pyongyang |
| 2008 (4 August) | Consul General to New England, Boston (USA) |
| Awards: | |
| 1967 | "Cusanuswerk" scholarship |
| 1971 | Election to Cecil Rhodes Scholarship |
| 1972 | Research Centre of the Academy for International Law (The Hague) |
| 1997 – 1998 | 12th International Training Course, Geneva Centre for Security Policy |
| 2007 - 2008 | Fellowship, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University, Cambridge |
