The Consul General - Curriculum Vitae
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Consul General Dr. Christian Brecht
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Consul General Dr. Christian Brecht was born on August 13, 1949, and was brought up in Wiesbaden and Offenbach. He passed the final secondary school examinations in 1968 and completed his military service with the German Border Police in Bad Hersfeld. He is married and has two children.
He has been the German Consul General in Chicago since August 3, 2012.
| Curriculum Vitae | |
|---|---|
| 1974 | Law studies in Tübingen and Geneva, first state examination |
| 1978 | PhD and bar examination, followed by professional experience as research assistant at the University of Geneva |
| 1980 | Attaché, Federal Foreign Office, Bonn |
| 1982 - 1985 | Second Secretary, Beijing, China |
| 1985 - 1988 | Desk Officer in the Europe Division, Federal Foreign Office, Bonn |
| 1988 - 1991 | Deputy Head of Mission in Rangoon, Myanmar |
| 1991 - 1993 | First Secretary in the Consular and Science Section, Santiago de Chile, Chile |
| 1994 -1997 | Deputy Head of Divison "Restitution Law, Status of Forces Agreements", Legal Department, Federal Foreign Office, Bonn |
| 1997 - 2001 | Deputy Consul General in Sydney, Australia |
| 2001 - 2005 | Head of Consular and Legal Department and First Counsellor in the Politcal Section, Paris, France |
| 2005 - 2008 | Head of Division "Help for German Nationals abroad", Legal Department, Federal Foreign Office, Berlin |
| 2008 - 2011 | Consul General, Karachi, Pakistan |
| 2011 - 2012 | Senior Advisor, Forum of Federations, Ottawa, Canada |
| since August 3, 2012 | Consul General in Chicago, United States of America |
