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Curriculum Vitae: Thorsten Hutter
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Before becoming Ambassador in Windhoek, Dr. Thorsten Hutter was Ambassador to Zimbabwe between 2016 - 2020.
Ambassador Dr. Thorsten Hutter was born on 23 July 1960 in Hamburg. He is widowed and has 4 children.
1978 | General qualification for university entrance |
1978 - 1980 | Apprenticeship as foreign trade merchant |
1980 - 1987 | Studied political science and American studies in Tübingen, Germany and Medford, Massachusetts, USA |
1988 - 1989 | Project worker DFVLR Cologne |
1990 - 1991 | Preparatory service for the higher foreign service |
1991 - 1992 | Federal Foreign Office Bonn |
1992 | Doctorate |
1992 – 1995 | German Embassy Washington |
1995 - 1997 | German Embassy Seoul |
1997 - 2000 | Federal Foreign Office Bonn |
2000 - 2003 | German Embassy Nairobi |
2003 - 2004 | Federal Foreign Office Berlin, Deputy Head of Task Force Iraq |
2004 - 2006 | Federal Foreign Office Berlin, Head of Work Unit Iraq |
2006 - 2010 | German Embassy Moscow, Deputy Head of the Political Department |
2010 - 2013 | Federal Foreign Office Berlin, Head of Division for Central Europe |
2013 - 2016 | German Embassy Jakarta, Deputy Head of Mission |
2016 - 2020 | Ambassador to Zimbabwe |
2020 – 2023 | Federal Foreign Office Berlin, Head of Division of East Africa and the Horn of Africa |
since July 2023 | Ambassador to Namibia |