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Special Envoy for Libya of the Federal Foreign Office
Ambassador Christian Buck has been the Special Envoy for Libya of the Federal Foreign Office since July 2022.
born 1966 in Kiel
1989–2007
Read Economic Sciences: University of Basel / Switzerland;
English: Columbia University, New York;
International Relations: International University of Japan, Niigata / Japan;
International Politics: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
1984–86
German Federal Armed Forces, Lieutenant Colonel (reserve)
1987-89
Training as a newspaper editor
1997-99
Attaché, Federal Foreign Office, German Embassy Tokyo
1999-2002
Assistant Spokesperson, Federal Foreign Office
2002-05
Deputy Head of Mission German Embassy Abu Dhabi, UAE
2007
Middle East Counsellor and Chairman of the EU Middle East / Gulf Working Parties (MaMa/MOG)
2007-08
Deputy Representative, Political and Security Committee (PSC) and Western European Union (WEU), Brussels
2008-10
Deputy Head of Mission German Embassy Kabul, Afghanistan
2010-12
Deputy Head, Task Force Afghanistan / Pakistan Federal Foreign Office
2012
Head a.i., Task Force Transformation in the Arab World
2012-13
Head of Division, Strategic partnerships
2013-16
Head of the Crisis Response Center
2016-18
Ambassador to Libya
2018-22
Director Middle East and North Africa
2021-22
Crisis Commissioner
since July 2022
Director-General for Political Affairs (Africa, Latin America, Near and Middle East)
Special Envoy for Libya Federal Foreign Office