Wolfgang Ischinger
| Wolfgang Ischinger | |
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Wolfgang Ischinger at the 50th Munich Security Conference, 2014
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| German Ambassador to the United States | |
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In office 2001–2006 |
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| President |
Johannes Rau Horst Köhler |
| Preceded by | Jürgen Chrobog |
| Succeeded by | Klaus Scharioth |
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April 6, 1946 Beuren, Esslingen, West Germany (now Germany) |
| Spouse(s) | Jutta Falke-Ischinger |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater | University of Bonn, University of Geneva, The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy |
Wolfgang Friedrich Ischinger (born April 6, 1946 in Beuren, Esslingen, Baden-Württemberg) is a German diplomat. He was Germany's ambassador to the Court of St. James's (the United Kingdom) from 2006 to May, 2008. From 2001 to 2006, he was the German ambassador to the United States, and from 1998 to 2001, he was Staatssekretär (Deputy Foreign Minister) in Berlin. Ambassador Ischinger has been the Chairman of the Munich Security Conference since 2008, succeeding Horst Teltschik. He was also Global Head of Government Relations of Allianz SE from March 2008 until December 2014. He serves on the Supervisory Board of Allianz Deutschland AG, on the European Advisory Board of Investcorp (London/New York) and on the governing board of the .
Ischinger was born in Beuren, 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. After German Abitur, Ischinger studied law at the University of Bonn, Germany and the University of 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, MA, in 1973.
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