Ambassador Cornelius Zimmermann

Senior Civilian Representative
2017 – 2019

  • Last updated: 05 Mar. 2019 15:33
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Since March 2017 NATO Senior Civilian Representative
2016 (Sept. To Dec.) Deputy Head of the Task Force for the 2016 OSCE Chairmanship, Federal Foreign Office
2015 - 2016 Ambassador, Senior Advisor and Liaison to the German Chairmanship, Office of the Secretary General of the OSCE, Vienna
2013 - 2015 Consul General of the Federal Republic of Germany, Mazar-e Sharif, Afghanistan
  Senior Civilian Representative, Regional Command North, Afghanistan
2007 - 2013 Head of division, basic foreign policy issues, Office of the Federal President
2003 – 2007 Deputy head of division, OSCE affairs, Federal Foreign Office (FFO)
2006 (Oct. to Dec.) Political adviser, HQ EUFOR RD Congo
1999 – 2003 Desk officer, Permanent Delegation of the Federal Republic of Germany to NATO, Brussels (responsibilities: enlargement/partnership)
1997 – 1999 Desk officer, Parliament and Cabinet Division, FFO
1995 – 1997 Desk officer, Directorate-General for Disarmament, FFO
1992 – 1995 Desk officer, German Embassy Pretoria/Cape Town, South Africa
1991 – 1992 Desk officer, Nordic States, FFO
1989 – 1991 Training for the Higher Foreign Service
1992 Doctorate in modern history, mediaeval and legal history
1981 – 1989 Read modern history and law in Munich and Tübingen
1981 Higher education entrance qualification, Deutsche Schule Madrid