"German - U.S. Relations"

Tuesday, October 11, 2005

Wolfgang Ischinger

German Ambassador to the U.S.

IPJ Theatre
7 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.

For German Ambassador's Speech from October 11th, click here.

Ambassador Ischinger was born in 1946 near Stuttgart , Germany. In 1963/64, he was an American Field Service foreign exchange student in Watseka, Illinois , where he graduated from the local high school in June 1964. Mr. Ischinger studied law at the universities of Bonn/Germany and Geneva/Switzerland and obtained his law degree in 1972. He earned a Master's degree from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy in Medford , Mass., in 1973. From 1973 to 1975, he served on the staff of the Secretary General of the United Nations in New York . He joined the German Foreign Service in 1975, and has served in Washington, D. C., Paris, and in a number of senior functions in the German Foreign Office. From from 1995 to 1998, as Director General for Political Affairs (Political Director), Mr. Ischinger participated in a number of international negotiating processes, including the Bosnia Peace Talks at Dayton, Ohio, the negotiations concerning the NATO-Russia Founding Act, as well as the negotiations on NATO enlargement and on the Kosovo crisis. From 1998 to 2001, Wolfgang Ischinger was Staatssekretär (Deputy Foreign Minister) of the German Foreign Office. Mr. Ischinger has published widely on foreign policy, security, and arms control policy as well as on European and transatlantic issues.  For a full biographical sketch, click here. The IPJ is pleased to co-sponsor this event with the Department of History, USD; Department of Political Science, USD; and San Diego World Affairs Council. RSVPs are requested by October 7, 2005 to ipj@sandiego.edu or by calling (619) 260-7509.