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The Deputy Permanent Representative
Ambassador Florian Laudi has served as Deputy Permanent Representative of Germany to the United Nations since July 2026.
Florian Laudi obtained his law degree at the University of Passau, Germany and the Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Portugal. His practical legal traineeship led him to courts, public authorities and law firms in Hamburg, Germany; Lisbon, Portugal and Milano, Italy.
Florian Laudi joined the Federal Foreign Office in 2002.
From 2003 to 2005, he served at the German Embassy Kabul, Afghanistan and was in charge of constitutional reform and police reconstruction. From 2005 to 2008, Florian Laudi worked on Middle East issues (Iraq, Iran, sanctions) at the Federal Foreign Office in Berlin. Between 2008 and 2012, he was assigned Permanent Mission of Germany to the United Nations in New York, covering non-proliferation and disarmament issues, including the Iranian nuclear file. From 2012 to 2016, he was Deputy European Correspondent at the Federal Foreign Office in Berlin. From early 2017 to 2019 Florian Laudi led the Brexit team at the German Permanent Representation to the European Union in Brussels, serving as Brexit Delegate of the Federal Government.
From 2019 to 2020 he was the Special Envoy for Ukraine and Head of the Ukraine Task Force in the Federal Foreign Office, from 2020 to 2021 Head of Division for the United Nations Security Council, General Assembly, Peacekeeping, incl. while Germany was a non-permanent member of the Security Council.
From 2022 onwards, Florian Laudi served as the Director for the United Nations and Counterterrorism at the Federal Foreign Office in Berlin.
End of July 2026 he took over the position as Deputy Permanent Representative of the Federal Republic of Germany to the United Nations in New York.
Florian Laudi is married, with two children.