NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF GERMANY PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO ACTING DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG

The new Permanent Representative of Germany to the United Nations Office at Geneva, Joachim Rücker, today presented his credentials to Michael Møller, the Acting Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva.

Prior to his appointment to Geneva, Mr. Rücker had been serving as Inspector General at the Federal Foreign Office of Germany in Berlin since 2011. From 2008 to 2011, he was Germany’s Ambassador to Sweden.

Mr. Rücker served as Special Representative of the Secretary-General at the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) from 2006 to 2008. He served as Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General of the UNMIK/EU Pillar for Economic Reconstruction from 2005 to 2006. From 1993 to 2001, Mr. Rücker served as Mayor of the City of Sindelfingen. He worked as a Foreign Policy and European Integration Adviser, Social Democratic Parliamentary Group, German Bundestag in Bonn from 1991 to 1993.

Mr. Rücker has also held various postings with the Federal Foreign Office of Germany from 1979 to 1991, including serving in Vienna, Dar es Salaam and Detroit.

He was born on 30 May, 1951 in Schwabisch Hall, Germany. He has a degree and a PhD in economics from the University of Freiburg (1973-1979). He is married with three children.


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