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State Secretary Dr Bernhard Kotsch
Dr Bernhard Kotsch has been State Secretary of the Federal Foreign Office since 6 May 2025.
Curriculum vitae
Since May 2025
State Secretary of the Federal Foreign Office
Since 09/2021
Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to the Sovereign Military Order of Malta
Since 07/2021
Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to the Holy See
2018 to 2021
Federal Chancellery, Director-General, Federal Intelligence Service; coordination of Federal Intelligence Services
2010 to 2018
Federal Chancellery, Office of the Federal Chancellor, Deputy Head
2009
Federal Chancellery, Directorate-General for Foreign Relations
2007 to 2009
German Embassy Dakar, Deputy Head of Mission
2006 to 2007
Federal Chancellery, Directorate-General for Foreign Relations
2003 to 2005
Leave of absence, Head of the Office for International Relations, CDU
2002
German Embassy Skopje
2000 - 2002
Preparatory service for the higher Foreign Service
1995 to 1999
Doctorate in political science
1997 to 2000
Office for International Relations, CDU
1988 to 1989
Military service; Lieutenant-Colonel in the Reserve
1988
Higher education entrance qualification
Born in Regensburg on 25 August 1969