The Consul General - Curriculum Vitae

The Consul General

The German Consulate General in San Francisco is headed by Consul General Peter Rothen, Germany's highest ranking  representative in the Pacific Northwest, (i.e. Northern California, Alaska, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Oregon,  Washington, Wyoming and U.S. territories Baker, Howland, Jarvis, Johnston Islands, Midway and Palmyra Island.)

Date of Birth  June 9, 1953

                                       

Place of Birth:Goslar, Germany
Marital Status:civil union

Educational and Professional Qualifications
1973-1979Studies of German Philology, Russian Philology and Political Science at Goettingen University Germany
1975-1976Ohio University, USA ( Fulbright Program)
1979-1980Johns Hopkins University, Bologna, Italy
1980-1981Lecturer for German at University of Bologna, Italy
since 1981Federal Foreign Office of Germany
Career:
1983-1986German Embassy Moscow, USSR
Second  Secretary, Economic Affairs
1986-1989

German Embassy, Tel Aviv, Israel
First secretary, Political Affairs

1989-1991

Federal Foreign Office, Bonn
- United Nations Department
- WG for Humanitarian Assistance to the USSR

1991-1993

German Permanent Mission to the United Nations, New York ,USA
Counsellor, Representative to the Third Committee

1993-1997

Federal Office, Bonn
Counsellor, Deputy Head of Division for Middle East Affairs

1997-2000

German Embassy Rome, Italy
First Counsellor, Political Affairs

2000-2004

Federal Foreign Office, Berlin
Head of Division for Russia, Ukraine, Belarus and Moldova

2004-2005

Sabbatical Year in the US , Minister-Counselor;
Visting Scholar at:

07/04-11/04

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace,
Russia/Eurasia Program, Washington, D.C

11/04-03/05American Jewish Committee, New York, NY
04/05-06/05University of California at Berkeley
Center for European and German Studies
Since July 2005German Consul General in San Francisco
Languages:German, English, Russian, Italian, French

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Building German Consulate San Francisco