Curriculum vitae
Hans-Werner Bussmann
Consul General of the Federal Republic of Germany in Cape Town
December 27, 1949 | born in Stuttgart / Baden – Württemberg married, one son |
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1978 – 79 | military service |
1970 - 74 | studied law at University of Tübingen (summer courses at the Hague Academy of International Law 1972 [public international law] and at the London School of Economics 1973 [common law]), first legal state exam (bachelor of law) |
1975 – 77 | practical legal training in Stuttgart, Tübingen and Brunswick 2nd legal state exam (bar exam) – working as officially sworn in replacement for attorney and notary public |
Professional career:
August 2009 - present | Consul General of the Federal Republic of Germany for the Eastern, Northern and Western Cape as well as St. Helena and other British dependencies, Cape Town |
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2006 – 09 | Minister Plenipotentiary, Embassy Cairo, head of political and protocol affairs, deputy head of mission |
2003 – 06 | German Commissioner for the International Criminal Court and head of Task Force for the ICC, Foreign Office Berlin |
2000 – 03 | Minister Counsellor, head of political and protocol affairs, deputy head of mission, Pretoria |
1996 - 2000 | Counsellor, head of cultural affairs, Embassy Athens |
1993 – 96 | Counsellor, head of division for further development of the Common Foreign and Security Policy and for German Personnel at European Institutions, Foreign Office Bonn |
1990 – 92 | Counsellor, head of legal, social and cross border affairs, Embassy The Hague |
1986 - 90 | Counsellor, deputy head of mission, head of economic affairs and development co-operation, Embassy Harare |
1983 - 86 | First Secretary, division of personel, Foreign Office Bonn |
1980 - 83 | First Secretary, head of cultural affairs, Embassy Belgrade |
