駐日ドイツ連邦共和国大使 ペトラ・ジグムント氏 Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany H.E. Ms. Petra SIGMUND
- Since 08/2024
- Ambassador to Japan
- 2019 – 2024
- Federal Foreign Office Berlin: Head of the Asia and Pacific Department
- 2017 – 2019
- Federal Foreign Office Berlin: Commissioner for East Asia, Southeast Asia and the Pacific
- 2015 – 2017
- Federal Foreign Office Berlin: Head of the Division for China, Japan, South Korea, North Korea, Mongolia
- 2013 – 2015
- Federal Foreign Office Berlin: Head of the Division for France and the Benelux countries
- 2010 – 2013
- Embassy Paris: Spokesperson and Head of the Press and Public Relations Department
- 2006 – 2010
- Federal Chancellery: Head of the Division for European Policy Relations with EU Member States, EU Enlargement Policy, EU External Relations, Council of Europe
- 2004 – 2006
- Embassy Beijing: Head of the Trade Promotion Office
- 2001 – 2004
- Federal Foreign Office Berlin (Turkey/Cyprus Division)
- 1998 – 2001
- Permanent Representation of Germany to the EU in Brussels
- 1996 – 1998
- Federal Foreign Office Bonn (Press Department)
- 1994 – 1996
- Entry into the Foreign Service in Bonn / Preparatory service for the Higher Foreign Service
- 1985 – 1994
- Studied Sinology, Political Science and Economics at the University of Heidelberg, the Free University of Berlin and the Renmin University in Beijing
- 1985
- General University Entrance Qualification
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