Dr. Tobias Tunkel
Director for the Near and Middle East and North Africa, German Federal Foreign Office1990 – 1996 Studies in Literature and History in Freiburg, Vienna and Jerusalem
1999 PhD in Literature.
1998 – 2000 Editor for the German TV stations ZDF and 3sat.
2000 Federal Foreign Office.
2001 – 2004 German Embassy Sanaa, Yemen.
2004 – 2007 Federal Foreign Office Berlin, Desk Officer for the Cultural Department.
2007 – 2009 Political Advisor of the EU Special Envoy for the Middle East in Brussels.
2009 – 2011 Permanent Mission EU Brussels.
2011 – 2015 Federal Foreign Office, Deputy Head of Middle East Division.
2015 – 2018 German Embassy Moscow, Head of Division for Economic Affairs.
2018 – 2019 Federal Foreign Office, Head of Middle East Division.
2019 – 2022 Federal Foreign Office, Head of Division for Russia and Belarus and Eastern Partnership.
2022 Director for the Near and Middle East and North Africa.