GERMANY APPOINTS NEW AMBASSADOR TO NIGERIA (Mr Micheal Peter Zenner)

President Jonathan receiving letter of credence from new German Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr. Michael Peter Zenner Yesterday.

Before his appointment as the German Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr Zenner was the German Ambassador to Denmark.

Below is a Short Summary of Mr Zenner :-

born on April 9th, 1953 in Bad Kreuznach, married

1972-A-levels, Bad Kreuznach (Public School)

1972 - 1978-Studies in German Literature and Language, History and Philosophy in Mainz (Johannes Gutenberg University)

1978-First State Exam (MA), German Literature and Language, History and Philosophy

1981-Second State Exam, Diplomatic Affairs and Public Administration in Bonn (Diplomatic School of the             German Federal Foreign Office)

1979 - 1981-German Federal Foreign Office Bonn (Diplomatic School), Attaché

1981 - 1984-German Embassy in Madrid; Second Secretary, Deputy Head of the Economic and Commercial Division

1984 - 1986-German Consulate General in Calcutta; Consul, Deputy Head of Mission

1986 - 1989-German Federal Foreign Office in Bonn; First Secretary, Desk Officer, Division for South Asian Affairs

1989 - 1992-German Embassy in Mexico City; Counsellor, Head of the Economic and Commercial Division

1992 - 1996-German Federal Foreign Office in Bonn; Counsellor, Deputy Head of Division, Division for External Commercial and Economic Affairs of the EU

1996 - 2000-Permanent Representation of the Federal Republic of Germany to the European Union in Brussels; Spokesman and Deputy Head of the Political Department

2000 - 2002-German Federal Foreign Office in Berlin; Head of Division for Public Relations, Political Staff

2002 - 2003-European Parliament in Brussels; Senior Adviser, Convention on the Future of Europe

2006 - 2007-Permanent Representation of the Federal Republic of Germany to the European Union in Brussels; Minister

2007 - 2010-German Federal Foreign Office in Berlin; Deputy Director General, Commissioner for Public Diplomacy

July 2011 - July 2014-German Embassy Copenhagen, Ambassador

Since July 2014-German Embassy Abuja, Ambassador

Extracted From German Embassy Abuja

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