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The Deputy Permanent Representative
Ambassador Jürgen Schulz has been the Deputy Permanent Representative of Germany to the United Nations since January 2017.
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Ambassador Jürgen Schulz has been the Deputy Permanent Representative of Germany to the United Nations since January 2017. Since January 2018, Ambassador Schulz has been serving for Germany as Vice-Chair of the Organizational Committee of the UN Peacebuilding Commission. From January until July 2017 Ambassador Schulz served as Vice-President of ECOSOC. In this capacity he chaired inter alia the ECOSOC Humanitarian Affairs Segment in Geneva (21-23 June).
After completing secondary education in his hometown Gladbeck, Ambassador Schulz studied economics and business administration at Ruhr-Universität Bochum. He joined the Foreign Office in 1991.
After posts at the German Embassy in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan (1993-1996) and in the political section of NATO’s International Staff in Brussels (1996-2001), he took on responsibilities at the Foreign Office Headquarters and the Federal Chancellery in Berlin. At the Foreign Office, he first covered the West Balkans (2001-2004) and Iraq (2004) before becoming Deputy Head of Office for European Security and Defense Policy (2005-2008).
At the Federal Chancellery, Ambassador Schulz spent 2008 to 2010 as Head of Office for Central, South East and Eastern Europe, as well as South Caucasus and Central Asia. From 2010 to 2013, he led the departments for USA, Canada, Turkey, North, South and West European States as well as Security and Disarmament Policy.
Before coming to New York, Ambassador Schulz was Deputy Political Director and Security Policy Director at the Foreign Office from 2013 to 2016.
Jürgen Schulz has been married to Sheila Stanton since 1996.
His personal interests range from classical music (especially guitar) to soccer and other sports as well as modern literature.
Additional content
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Statement by Amb. Schulz at the UN Security Council meeting on Burundi
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Statement by Amb. Schulz at the UN Security Council meeting on UNOWAS – January 10, 2018
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Statement by Amb. Schulz on the occasion of the Arria Meeting of the United Nations Security Council on the “Situation of persons with disabilities in armed conflicts” – December 3, 2018
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Remarks by Amb. Schulz at the opening of the Belarusian exhibition “Knock at the Door” on the 75th anniversary of the destruction of the Minsk Ghetto – November 27, 2018
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Opening remarks by Amb. Schulz at the open panel in the context of the workshop “Rethinking Peace Mediation” – November 16, 2018
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Statement by Ambassador Schulz on Protection of Environment during Armed Conflict - November 7, 2018
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Statement by Ambassador Schulz at the Side Event “Artificial Intelligence: Impacts on Freedom of Expression and Privacy” - October 23, 2018
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Statement by Ambassador Jürgen Schulz at the Side Event with UN Women and the Permanent Mission of Finland: “Lessons learned and promising practices to end sexual harassment in the workplace” - October 22, 2018
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Statement by Ambassador Jürgen Schulz at the Arria Meeting of the United Nations Security Council on “The Use of Sanctions in Addressing Sexual Violence in Conflict” - October 22, 2018
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Statement by Ambassador Jürgen Schulz at the side event on Climate and the Sahel - October 17, 2018