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State Secretary Thomas Bagger
Dr Thomas Bagger has been State Secretary of the Federal Foreign Office since 1 August 2023.
Born in Lüneburg on 21 October 1965
Curriculum vitae
1990 to 1992
Research assistant at the Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik – German Institute for International and Security Affairs in Ebenhausen
1992
Joined the Federal Foreign Office in Bonn
1994 to 1995
Desk Officer in the European Directorate-General of the Federal Foreign Office in Bonn
1995 to 1996
Desk Officer in the Office of the Federal Foreign Minister in Bonn
1996 to 1998
Press and Political Desk Officer at the German Embassy in Prague
1999 to 2002
Speechwriter to the Federal Foreign Minister
2002 to 2006
Political and Press Sections at the German Embassy in Ankara
2006 to 2009
Director, US Domestic Politics at the German Embassy in Washington
2009 to 2011
Head of the Office of the Federal Foreign Minister
2011 to 2017
Head of the Policy Planning Staff at the Federal Foreign Office
2017 to 2022
Foreign Policy Adviser to Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier in the Office of the Federal President
2022 to 2023
Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to Poland
since 2023
State Secretary of the Federal Foreign Office