Andreas Michaelis

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Andreas Michaelis in 2019

Andreas Michaelis (born 24 July 1959 in Hanover, Germany) is a German diplomat and German Ambassador to the Court of St James since May 2020. He was previously State Secretary of the Federal Foreign Office.

Life[]

After attending school in Hanover and completing his military service, he studied in Hanover and Oxford, gaining a Master’s and a Master of Letters. He is married with three children.

Career[]

Michaelis joined the German diplomatic service in 1989. From 1991 to 1992 he worked in the office of the Minister of State at the Federal Foreign Office, and from 1992 to 1995 he was First Secretary Political Affairs at the German Embassy in Tel Aviv. From 1995 to 1998 he was in the Human Rights Task Force at the Federal Foreign Office.

Under Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer, he served from 1998 as Deputy Spokesman and from 1999 as Spokesman of the Federal Foreign Office. From 2002 to 2006 Michaelis was the German Ambassador to Singapore. From 2006 to 2007 he served as Director for Asian and Pacific Affairs and from 2007 to 2011 as Director for Middle Eastern Affairs and North Africa in Berlin. From July 2011 to July 2015 he was German Ambassador to Israel.[1]

From 2015 to March 2018 Michaelis was Political Director of the Federal Foreign Office.[2] In this role his responsibilities included the negotiations on the Ukraine dossier, on the implementation of the nuclear agreement with Iran and on a political solution to the Syria conflict.

From March 2018 to April 2020 Michaelis was one of two State Secretaries of the Federal Foreign Office.[3] His predecessor Markus Ederer moved to Moscow as EU Ambassador. As State Secretary, Michaelis was responsible for, among other things, the Political Directorates-General at the Federal Foreign Office, and hence for European policy, relations with the USA and Russia, as well as Middle Eastern, Asian and African affairs.[4] In autumn 2019, Michaelis, together with the Federal Chancellor’s foreign policy advisor, Jan Hecker, set up and led the Berlin Process, which in January 2020 led to the Berlin Conference on Libya, which established a ceasefire and created a roadmap for a transitional administration in Libya.[5]

In January 2020 it was announced that Michaelis would succeed Peter Wittig as Ambassador in London.[6][7] He took up the post in London in May 2020. He was succeeded as State Secretary by the Director-General for Economic Affairs at the Federal Foreign Office, Miguel Berger.[8]

Michaelis is an Honorary Fellow of Keble College, Oxford.[9] He has received various decorations and honours including the Order of Merit of the Republic of Italy[10] and the French Legion of Honour.

Michaelis is a fan of 1. FC Union Berlin.[11]

References[]

  1. ^ Knaul, Susanne (2011-08-08). "Auf die nächsten vier Jahre". Jüdische Allgemeine (in German). Retrieved 2021-04-30.
  2. ^ Sattar, Majid; Berlin. "Revirement im Auswärtigen Amt: Steinmeier ordnet sein Ministerium neu". FAZ.NET (in German). ISSN 0174-4909. Retrieved 2021-04-30.
  3. ^ Sturm, Daniel Friedrich (2018-03-13). "Auswärtiges Amt: Andreas Michaelis wird neuer beamteter Staatssekretär". DIE WELT. Retrieved 2021-04-30.
  4. ^ "Konkurrenz für den starken Staatssekretär im Auswärtigen Amt". www.tagesspiegel.de (in German). Retrieved 2021-04-30.
  5. ^ SPIEGEL, Severin Weiland, Christoph Schult, Christiane Hoffmann, Matthias Gebauer, Christian Esch, DER. "Bundesregierung als Vermittlerin: Der lange Weg zur Libyen-Konferenz". www.spiegel.de (in German). Retrieved 2021-05-21.
  6. ^ "Außenministerium: Personalwechsel im Auswärtigen Amt: Michaelis wird neuer Botschafter in London". www.handelsblatt.com (in German). Retrieved 2021-04-30.
  7. ^ Zeitung, Süddeutsche. "Andreas Michaelis". Süddeutsche.de (in German). Retrieved 2021-04-30.
  8. ^ SPIEGEL, Christoph Schult, Matthias Gebauer, DER. "AA: Miguel Berger wird Maas' neuer Staatssekretär". www.spiegel.de (in German). Retrieved 2021-04-30.
  9. ^ "Keble College: Honorary Fellows" (PDF). Keble College. Retrieved 30 April 2021.
  10. ^ "Le onorificenze della Repubblica Italiana". www.quirinale.it. Retrieved 2021-04-30.
  11. ^ "Seine zweite Staatsangehörigkeit ist der 1. FC Union". www.tagesspiegel.de (in German). Retrieved 2021-04-30.

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