Ambassador Josef Beck

Ambassador Josef Beck Enlarge image Ambassador Josef Beck (© GerEmb)

Josef Beck

born February 1, 1953 in Bärenthal, between Lake Constance and Black Forest, Southern Germany,

married to Gudrun Martina Beck, 2 daughters

1972 - 1978
Studies in economics at the universities in Freiburg and Goettingen
1978
M.A. -degree in Goettingen
1979 - 1980
Post graduate studies in international relations at the university in Nice, France
1980 - 1982
Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Bonn
1982 - 1984
Permanent Representation of the Federal Republic of Germany to the European Union in Brussels
1984 - 1987
Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in Kinshasa/ Zaire (Second Secretary)
1987 - 1990
Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Political Security Department (NATO)
1990 - 1993
Deputy Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany in Quito/ Ecuador
1993 - 1996
Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in Washington/ USA (Political Counselor)
1996 - 1999Deputy Head of Division in the Economic Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Bonn
1999 - 2004
Deputy Consul General of Germany in Los Angeles/ USA
2004 - 2008
Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in Prague, First Counselor, Head of the Economic Department
2008 - 2011
Head of Division for Andean Countries and representative of the Director for Latin American and Caribbean Affairs of the Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs
since 2011
Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to Jamaica

Ambassador Josef Beck