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Portrait of Dr. Horst Freitag
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Dr. Horst Freitag
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Consul General Dr. Horst Freitag was born in Würzburg, Germany in 1955. He is married to Chantal Freitag, they have one daughter.


European School Brussels, German School Washington, High School Diploma in Bonn.

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1979
First State Examination  in Law, Bonn University
1979 - 1980
Military Service

1982

Second State Examination in Law, Cologne/Düsseldorf, PhD International Law, Universities Munich/Passau

1982
Federal Foreign Office, Bonn
1987 - 1989
DCM, German Embassy Tegucigalpa, Honduras
1989 - 1990
Defense and Security Policy Division, Federal Foreign Office, Bonn
1990 - 1992
Chief of Staff of Minister of State Helmut Schäfer, Federal Foreign Office, Bonn
1992 - 1995
Counselor, German Embassy, Washington
1995 - 1997
Deputy Spokesman, Foreign Office, Bonn
1997 - 2000
Head German Representative Office Ramallah, Palestinian Authority
2000 - 2003
Director, Head of Defense and Security Policy Division, Federal Foreign Office, Berlin
2003 - 2004
Director Special Task Force Iraq, Federal Foreign Office, Berlin
2004 - 2007
Commissioner for Near and Middle East Affairs, Federal Foreign Office, Berlin
2007 - 2008
Visiting Fellow, Brookings Institutions (Center for United States and Europe), Washington
Since 08/2008
Consul General of the Federal Republic of Germany, New York