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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.
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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