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Curriculum Vitae: Thomas Wimmer
Before becoming Ambassador to Namibia, Thomas Wimmer served as Head of Division at the Office of the Federal President from 2023 to 2026.
| 1998 - 2004 | University of Passau: Languages, Economics and Cultural Studies (Diploma in International Cultural and Business Studies) |
| 1999 - 2004 | University of Passau: Political Science, English Literature, and English Linguistics (M.A.) |
| 2001 | Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, People’s Republic of China: Chinese Language |
| 2004 - 2005 | Federal Foreign Office Academy, Bonn: Training for the Higher Foreign Service |
| 2005 - 2008 | Federal Foreign Office, Berlin: Strategy and Planning for Foreign Cultural and Educational Policy |
| 2008 - 2011 | German Embassy in Beijing, People’s Republic of China: Spokesperson and Head of the Press Section |
| 2011 - 2014 | German Embassy in Accra, Ghana: Deputy Head of Mission |
| 2014 - 2015 | Federal Foreign Office, Berlin: Coordination of the EU’s Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP), EUKOR |
| 2015 - 2019 | Federal Foreign Office, Berlin: Deputy Head of the China Division |
| 2019 - 2023 | German Embassy in Nairobi, Kenya: Minister and Deputy Head of Mission |
| 2023 - 2026 | Office of the Federal President, Berlin: Head of Division for Africa, Asia, Oceania and the South Caucasus |
| since 2026 | German Embassy in Windhoek, Namibia: Ambassador |