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Special Representative of the Federal Foreign Office for Relations with Jewish Organisations, Issues Relating to Antisemitism, International Sinti and Roma Affairs, and Holocaust Remembrance

27.04.2026 - Article

Ambassador Christina Beinhoff has been the Special Representative of the Federal Foreign Office for Relations with Jewish Organisations, Issues Relating to Antisemitism, International Sinti and Roma Affairs, and Holocaust Remembrance since March 2026.

Christina Beinhoff

Ambassador Christina Beinhoff
Ambassador Christina Beinhoff © AA

married, two children

since 08/2025

Director-General for Culture and Society, Federal Foreign Office and, since March 2026, also Special Representative for Relations with Jewish Organisations; Issues relating to Antisemitism, International Sinti and Roma Affairs, Holocaust Remembrance

04/2022 to 07/2025

Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to the Kingdom of Sweden, job-sharing

10/2021 to 12/2021

Acting Foreign Policy and Security Adviser to the Federal Chancellor

2019 to 09/2021

Federal Chancellery, Deputy Director-General, Foreign Policy and Security Policy

2018 to 2019

Federal Foreign Office, Director for Infrastructure and Security

2015 to 2018

Federal Foreign Office, Head of Division for Real Estate Management Abroad

2014 to 2015

Federal Ministry of Defence, Political Adviser with responsibility for Post-Soviet Countries

2010 to 2014

Federal Foreign Office, Personnel Development Manager in the Personnel Division responsible for the Higher Service

2007 to 2010

German Embassy in Paris, France, Counsellor for Political Affairs

2004 to 2007

Federal Foreign Office, desk officer, Task Force for Human Rights (Directorate-General for Global Issues and the United Nations)

2001 to 2004

German Embassy in Seoul, South Korea, Second Secretary, Economic Affairs / Legal and Consular Affairs

1999 to 2001

Training for the Higher Foreign Service

1998 to 1999

Permanent Mission of the Federal Republic of Germany to the United Nations, New York, Second Secretary, Development Cooperation, UNFPA, Humanitarian Affairs

1997 to 1998

Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, desk officer, International Trade Policy, Bonn

1996 to 1997

Albertus-Magnus-Universität Cologne, research assistant

1993 to 1996

District Court Cologne, legal internship; Second state law examination

1991

First state law examination

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