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Ambassador Anke Reiffenstuel
(born on 7 October 1968 in Halle, married, 3 children)
Ambassador at the German Embassy in Manila since August 2019.
From 2016 – 2019 she was the Head of the Division of Humanitarian Assistance and Humanitarian Demining (Operations) at the Federal Foreign Office in Berlin. The Division is part of the Directorate General for Humanitarian Assistance, Crisis Prevention, Stabilization and Post-Conflict reconstruction. She has dealt with humanitarian assistance since 2012, when she became Deputy Head of this division (2012-2016).
Anke Reiffenstuel has worked in the diplomatic service since 1993; her postings included the German embassies in London, New Delhi, Cairo and Manila.
Curriculum Vitae
1987 | Secondary school graduation |
1987 - 1992 | Martin-Luther-University Halle, German and English studies |
1993 | M.A. in German and Literature studies |
1993 - 1995 | Foreign Service traineeship for the Higher Service |
1995 - 1996 | Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Berlin |
1997- 1999 | German Embassy in London |
1999 - 2002 | Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Berlin |
2002 - 2005 | German Embassy in New Delhi |
2006 - 2009 | Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Berlin |
2009 - 2012 | German Embassy in Cairo |
2012 - 2016 | Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Berlin, Deputy Head of Division |
2016 - 2019 | Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Berlin, Head of the Division of Humanitarian Assistance and Humanitarian Demining (Operations) |
2019 | Ambassador at the German Embassy Manila |