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
1971 - 1973
military service in signal intelligece
1973 - 1978
law studies at universities in Augsburg and Tübingen
1978
First Legal State Examination at Tübingen university
1979 - 1980
legal training at Hechingen High Court
1980 - 1982
studies at Diplomatic Academy, Bonn

1982

Foreign Office, Bonn - Political Department - Central and Eastern Europe Desk and Office of the Political Director
1982 - 1986
Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in Warsaw - deputy head of legal and consular department
1986 - 1988
Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in Buenos Aires - press spokesman
1988 - 1991
Foreign Office, Bonn - Department of Economic Affairs - division for external relations of the European Communities
1989/1990
member of several high-ranking delegations to Poland (Federal President, Federal Chancellor)
1991 - 1993
Embassy of the Federal Repbulic of Germany in Tehran - head of economic and trade department
1993 - 1996

Foreign Office, Bonn - European Department - deputy head of division for internal EU policies

1996 - 2000Consul General in Stettin
2000Foreign Office, Berlin - Political department - South Asia Desk and core seminar at Federal Academy of Security Policy
2000 - 2003Consul General in Bombay
2003 - 2006Foreign Office, Berlin - Department of Economic Affairs and Sustainable Development - head of Task Force for External Business Promotion
2004/2005German negotiator for economic issues within EU 3 / Iran negotiations
2006 - 2007Siemens AG - Transportation Systems Turnkey Systems, Berlin - head of co-operations unit
2007Foreign Office, Berlin - Political Department - North America desk
from August 2007Consul General of the Federal Republic of Germany to Florida, Puerto Rico, US Virgin Islands in Miami

Consul General - CV

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