Welcome
Ambassador Goetz Schmidt-Bremme
Permanent/Resident Representative
of the Federal Republic of Germany
to the Office of the United Nations
and to other International
Organizations, Vienna
Born 1958 in Altena (Westphalia, Germany)
married, three children
| 1977-1986 | Studied law and philosophy in Bonn and Lausanne, followed by practical legal training in Düsseldorf |
| 1986-1987 | Military service |
| 1987-1988 | Attorney; doctoral student of constitutional law (fundamental rights / special relationships of Subordination) |
| 1988-1990 | Entry into Foreign Service: desk officer in the Civil Law Division |
| 1990-1992 | Deputy Consul-General in Jeddah (Saudi Arabia) |
| 1992-1996 | Desk officer for Basic Personnel Issues |
| 1996-1999 | Head of the Economic Section at the German Embassy in Lisbon (Portugal) and German Deputy Commissioner-General at Expo 98 |
| 1999-2002 | Deputy Head of the International Criminal Law and Tax Law Division |
| 2002-2005 | Deputy Consul-General in São Paulo (Brazil) |
| 2006-2012 | Head of the Division for Private International Law, Civil Law, Mercantile and Commercial Law, International Customs and Tax Law |
| 2012-2013 | Minister (economic affairs) in Paris |
| 2013-2017 | Director for Legal and Consular Issues including Migration |
| since 2017 | Ambassador for the 2017-2018 GFMD Co-Chairmanship |
| 2017-2021 | Ambassador to the Kingdom of Morocco |
| since 2021 | Permanent/Resident Representative of the Federal Republic of Germany to the Office of the United Nations and to other International Organizations, Vienna |