The Consul General - Curriculum Vitae
Consul General Klaus Ranner
born May 24, 1952 in Augsburg, married to Barbara Zesewitz, three grown-up children, speaks Polish, English, Spanish and French
1971
| university entrance diploma from modern languages high school in Augsburg
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1971 - 1973
| military service in signal intelligece
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1973 - 1978
| law studies at universities in Augsburg and Tübingen
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1978
| First Legal State Examination at Tübingen university
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1979 - 1980
| legal training at Hechingen High Court
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1980 - 1982
| studies at Diplomatic Academy, Bonn
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1982
| Foreign Office, Bonn - Political Department - Central and Eastern Europe Desk and Office of the Political Director
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1982 - 1986
| Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in Warsaw - deputy head of legal and consular department
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1986 - 1988
| Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in Buenos Aires - press spokesman
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1988 - 1991
| Foreign Office, Bonn - Department of Economic Affairs - division for external relations of the European Communities
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1989/1990
| member of several high-ranking delegations to Poland (Federal President, Federal Chancellor)
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1991 - 1993
| Embassy of the Federal Repbulic of Germany in Tehran - head of economic and trade department
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1993 - 1996
| Foreign Office, Bonn - European Department - deputy head of division for internal EU policies | |
| 1996 - 2000 | Consul General in Stettin | |
| 2000 | Foreign Office, Berlin - Political department - South Asia Desk and core seminar at Federal Academy of Security Policy | |
| 2000 - 2003 | Consul General in Bombay | |
| 2003 - 2006 | Foreign Office, Berlin - Department of Economic Affairs and Sustainable Development - head of Task Force for External Business Promotion | |
| 2004/2005 | German negotiator for economic issues within EU 3 / Iran negotiations | |
| 2006 - 2007 | Siemens AG - Transportation Systems Turnkey Systems, Berlin - head of co-operations unit | |
| 2007 | Foreign Office, Berlin - Political Department - North America desk | |
| from August 2007 | Consul General of the Federal Republic of Germany to Florida, Puerto Rico, US Virgin Islands in Miami | |