The Institute of Political Science and Administration of UMCS is pleased to invite the employees and students of the University to the next meeting of "Diplomatic Talks" cycle. This time we are honoured to host the Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany Dr. Thomas Bagger.
Date: the 23rd of May 2023 (Tuesday), 10:00 am
The organisator kindly asks you to arrive half an hour before the start of the event.
Place: Aula A.1.08, Faculty of Political Science and Journalism, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, Głęboka 45 Street, Lublin
The meeting will be led by prof. dr hab. Marek Pietraś, Director of the Institute of Political Science and Administration of the Maria Curie-Skłodowska University.
The meeting will be held in English. The organiser does not provide Polish translation.
About the Ambassador:
Dr. Thomas Bagger has been the Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany since July 2022, representing the Federal President in the Republic of Poland.
He maintains close contacts with the Polish government and representatives of the local world of culture and business. As an ambassador, he cares about further deepening of Polish-German relations.
Date and place of birth: the 21st of October 1965, Lüneburg, Germany
Education:
1984–1986 - Bundeswehr reserve officer
1986–1992 - Political Science studies at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU München), International Relations at the Institute of Political Sciences in Paris and administration and politics at the University of Maryland in College Park (Master of Arts), doctoral promotion (doctor rerum politicarum) in 1993 year at LMU München
Career
from July 2022, the German Ambassador to the Republic of Poland
2017–2022 Foreign Affairs Advisor to Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, Office of the Federal President, Berlin
2011–2017 Head of the Planning Staff, Federal Foreign Office, Berlin
2009–2011 Head of the Cabinet of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Federal Foreign Office, Berlin
2006–2009 Minister Counselor, Head of the Political Department, Federal Foreign Office, German Embassy in Washington
2002–2006 Political and Press Department, Federal Foreign Office, German Embassy in Ankara
1999–2002 speechwriter of the Federal Foreign Minister, Federal Foreign Office, Berlin
1996–1998 press and policy officer, Federal Foreign Office, German Embassy in Prague
1995–1996 clerk in the Cabinet of Ministers, Federal Foreign Office, Bonn
1994–1995 clerk, Federal Foreign Office, Fundamental Affairs Section, Department of Europe, Bonn
May 1992 Entering the Foreign Service, Federal Foreign Office, Bonn
1990–1992 research assistant, Foundation for Science and Politics, Ebenhausen
Foreign languages: English, French, Czech
Marital status: married, three children
Interests: photography, cycling
(source: Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in Poland).
