The Ambassador

  Ambassador Jens Plötner Enlarge image (© Press Section, German Embassy Colombo)

Curriculum Vitae

Name:

First Names:

Date of birth:  

Place of birth:

Family status:   

PLÖTNER

Jens

September 29, 1967

Eutin, Germany

married, two children

1987Baccalaureate/Higher Education Entrance Qualification/A-Levels
1987 – 1988  Military Service
1989 – 1993University studies of law and political science in Hamburg, Bordeaux and Paris
1994 – 1996 German Federal Foreign Office, training
1996 – 1998  Deputy Chief of Staff to the State Minister for European Affairs in the German Federal Foreign Office
1998 – 2002 Political Counsellor, German Embassy Tel Aviv
2002 – 2005  Spokesman for Middle Eastern and UN-Affairs, Press Department of the German Federal Foreign Office
2005 – 2007 Deputy Spokesman of the German Federal Foreign Office
2007 – 2008  Deputy Chief of Staff, German Federal Foreign Office
2008 - 2009Spokesman of the German Federal Foreign Office

2009 – ongoing              

Ambassador to Sri Lanka