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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.

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