Welcome Ambassador MEYER-LANDRUT!
Ambassador Nikolaus MEYER-LANDRUT who has been appointed as the Head of the EU Delegation to Turkey, assumed office as of yesterday! Welcome Ambassador MEYER-LANDRUT!
Being a German career diplomat coming from Paris to Ankara, Ambassador Landrut served in France as German Ambassador in the last years. For his full biography please read below.
On his first day in Ankara as new Head of the EU Delegation to Turkey Ambassador Nikolaus Meyer Landrut is sending his warm greetings to Turkish people.
CURRICULUM VITAE
MEYER-LANDRUT, Nikolaus
Date of birth: 9 July 1960
Place of birth: Düsseldorf, Germany
Nationality: German
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
01.09.2020 | present
Ambassador
Head of the European Union Delegation to Turkey
27.07.2015 | 31.08.2020
German Ambassador to France and Monaco
Head of the German Embassy
01.02.2011 | 01.07.2015
Director General for European Affairs at the Federal Chancellery
Chief EU Adviser of Chancellor Merkel
01.05.2006 | 31.01.2011
Deputy Director General for European Affairs at the Federal Chancellery
Deputy EU Adviser of Chancellor Merkel
01.09.2003 | 30.04.2006
Head of the EU Policy Division at the Federal Foreign Office
Responsible for EU Coordination within in the German Government
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
1987 | 1988
Doctorate in history
University of Cologne, Germany
Thesis on: France and the German Unity. French Reactions to the proposals made by Stalin in 1952.
1981 | 1987
“Magister” of History and German philology
University of Cologne, Germany
Thesis on: The rise of early absolutism in modern Spain under Charles V.
PERSONAL SKILLS AND COMPETENCES
- Mother tongue: German
- Other languages: English, French, Spanish
- Other missions: Spokesperson of the German EU Mission 1999 - 2002 | Spokesperson of the European Convention 2002 - 2003 | Speechwriter for the President of the European Convention Valery Giscard d’Estaing and the German Federal Chancellor
For further information, please contact the Delegation:
Miray Akdağ - Press Officer
M +90 532 624 93 56 / T +90 312 459 88 77
