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Kai Hennig - Curriculum Vitae

06.08.2021 - Article
22 March 1961
born in Dortmund
May 1980Abitur (qualification for university entrance)
October 1980 – January 1982non-military (civil) service
July 1982 – March 1988legal studies at the University of Bonn
March 1988first state examination in legal studies
May 1989 – April 1992legal training in Cologne and New York
April 1992second state examination in legal studies
since May 1992civil servant with the Foreign Ministry
May 1992 – May 1993diplomatic training (attaché) in Bonn
May 1993 – May 1994assistent of the director for diplomatic training at the Foreign Office Training Center in Bonn
May 1994 – May 1997Deputy Head of Mission at the German Embassy in Kathmandou, Nepal
May 1997 – September 2000German Permanent Mission to the United Nations, New York, desk officer in the political department (UN sanctions, Latin America, protocol)
October 2000work in the legal department in the Foreign Office, Berlin
November 2000 – June 2007temporary leave from the Foreign Ministry in order to work for the Foundation “Remembrance, Responsibility and Future” as Head of the Office of the Board of Directors, Spokesman and Special Envoy for the program of compensation of life insurances of Holocaust victims
July 2007 – July 2010Head of the Consular and Legal Department of the German Embassy London (First Counsellor)
August 2010 – August 2011Senior Civilian Representative RC North and Head of the German Embassy’s Office, Masar-e-Sharif, Afghanistan
August 2011 – July 2013

Head of division in Berlin (cultural and media relations with Europe, Turkey, USA, Canada, Russia, Central Asia, Caucasus; German minorities abroad)

August 2013 – Augst 2017
Deputy Consul General, Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany in New York
Sept. 2017 – July 2021
Deputy Chief of Mission, German Embassy Bucharest, Romania
Since July 2021
Consul General, Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany in Houston, Texas
Family status: married, one child


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