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Ambassador Christoph Heusgen has been the Permanent Representative of Germany to the United Nations since July 2017.
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Dr. Christoph Heusgen has been the Permanent Representative of Germany to the United Nations since July 2017 and has since 2019 been Germany’s representative on the Security Council.
Before to coming to New York, Ambassador Heusgen served for 12 years as Foreign and Security Policy Advisor to the Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel. His career in the Foreign Service also included terms as Deputy Head in charge of European Affairs in the private office of Foreign Minister Kinkel (1993-1997), and Director of the Policy Unit of the High Representative Javier Solana in the General Secretariat of the Council of the European Union in Brussels (1999-2005).
Ambassador Heusgen attended the University of St. Gallen where he received his PhD in 1980 and then conducted post-doctoral research at Sorbonne University in Paris. He joined the German Foreign Office shortly thereafter and his first post was at the Consulate General in Chicago (1983-1986).
Ambassador Heusgen is married and has four children.
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Statement by Ambassador Christoph Heusgen at the UNGA High-Level Panel Discussion on the Human Rights in Syria, March 2
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Statement by Ambassador Christoph Heusgen at the UN General Assembly meeting on the Secretary-General’s “Call to Action for Human Rights”, February 24, 2021
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Statement by Ambassador Christoph Heusgen in the Security Council VTC Meeting on Ukraine, February 11, 2021
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Statement by Ambassador Christoph Heusgen at the Park East Synagogue and United Nations International Holocaust Remembrance Virtual Service, January 25, 2021
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Statement by Ambassador Christoph Heusgen in the Intergovernmental Negotiations on Security Council Reform, January 25, 2021
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Statement by Ambassador Christoph Heusgen in the Security Council VTC meeting on Non-Proliferation, December 22
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Final Remarks by Ambassador Christoph Heusgen in the Security Council on Germany’s 2019/2020 term, December 22
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Statement by Ambassador Christoph Heusgen in the Security Council VTC meeting on the Middle East (2334), December 21
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Statement by Ambassador Christoph Heusgen in the Security Council VTC consultations on Western Sahara, December 21, 2020
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Statement by Ambassador Christoph Heusgen in the Security Council VTC Open Debate on Strengthening the Cooperation between the UNSC and the ICJ, December 18