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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 in the High-level virtual event on the situation of Uyghurs and other Turkic Muslim minorities in Xinjiang, May 12
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Statement by Ambassador Christoph Heusgen on behalf of the G4 in the Intergovernmental Negotiations on Security Council Reform, May 4
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Statement by Ambassador Christoph Heusgen in the Intergovernmental Negotiations on Security Council Reform, May 4
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Statement by Ambassador Christoph Heusgen in the Intergovernmental Negotiations on Security Council Reform, April 20
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Statement by Ambassador Christoph Heusgen in the Intergovernmental Negotiations on Security Council Reform, April 19
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Statement by Ambassador Christoph Heusgen in the Security Council Open Debate on “Mine action and sustaining peace: Stronger partnerships for better delivery”, April 8
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Statement by Ambassador Christoph Heusgen at the UN General Assembly meeting on the situation in Syria, March 30
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Statement by Ambassador Christoph Heusgen in the Security Council VTC Meeting on UNAMA, March 23
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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