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The Deputy Permanent Representative
Ambassador Günter Sautter has been the Deputy Permanent Representative of Germany to the United Nations since July 2020.
Ambassador Günter Sautter is the Deputy Permanent Representative of the Federal Republic of Germany to the United Nations in New York.
After studying political science at Ludwig Maximillian University in Munich and at Harvard University, he joined the German Foreign Service in 2002.
From 2005 until 2008, he was Deputy Head of Mission at the Embassy in Managua. Subsequently, he served as Counsellor for External Affairs at the Permanent Representation to the European Union in Brussels from 2008 until 2011.
In 2011, he returned to Berlin, working in the Policy Planning Division at the Federal Foreign Office until 2013. He then served as Private Secretary to the German Federal Foreign Minister until 2017. From 2017 until 2020, he was Chief of Staff to the State Secretaries at the Federal Foreign Ministry.
He is married and has two children.
Additional content
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Statement by Ambassador Günter Sautter at the plenary meeting of the General Assembly on the situation in the Middle East and the question of Palestine, May 20
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Statement by Ambassador Günter Sautter at the UN Security Council VTC Arria meeting on The Impact of Emerging Technologies on International Peace and Security, May 17
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Statement by Ambassador Günter Sautter at the UN Security Council VTC Arria meeting on Children and Armed Conflict, May 7
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Statement by Ambassador Günter Sautter on behalf of the European Union and its Member States during the Closing Session of the 65th Session Commission of the Status of the Women, March 26
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Statement by Ambassador Günter Sautter at the High Level Event on the 10th Anniversary of the Syrian Revolution, March 18
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Statement by Ambassador Günter Sautter in the Intergovernmental Negotiations on Security Council Reform, March 17
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Statement by Ambassador Günter Sautter in the Intergovernmental Negotiations on Security Council Reform, March 16
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Statement by Ambassador Günter Sautter in the Security Council Arria-formula VTC meeting on Ensuring the Full, Equal and Meaningful Participation of Women in UN-led Peace Processes, March 8, 2021
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Statement by Ambassador Günter Sautter in the Intergovernmental Negotiations on Security Council Reform, February 16
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Statement by Ambassador Günter Sautter in the KAS Expert Dialogue on the Peace Process in Libya, January 26