Michael Steiner

Michael Steiner ( born November 28, 1949 in Munich) is a German diplomat and ambassador since July 2012 in India.

Life

Steiner studied in Munich and Paris law and joined the Foreign Service in 1981. After uses in Zaire (now Democratic Republic of Congo), New York ( at the Permanent Mission to the United Nations ), Prague and Zagreb coordinated Steiner German participation in the peace efforts in the former Yugoslavia and went from 1996-97 as First Deputy High Representative after Sarajevo.

From 1998 to 2001 he was the Foreign and Security Policy Advisor to the former Chancellor Gerhard Schröder in the rank of Ministerial Director in the Federal Chancellery. After the so-called Kaviar-/Arschloch-Affäre he had to leave this post. From 2002-2003 Steiner was head of the UN Interim Administration in Kosovo. Since 2003 he represented Germany at the United Nations in Geneva. In August 2007, he Reinhard Schweppe followed in this office.

Steiner would then German Ambassador in Warsaw to be, however, prevented a chancellery veto his appointment. According to media reports, Michael Steiner was the CDU-led Chancellor's Office as to SPD - close and " rauhbauzig ". Instead, obtained the post of Michael H. Gerdts, who was previously Ambassador of the Federal Republic in Italy. Steiner took over in return its successor in Rome, where he served until his appointment as Afghanistan / Pakistan envoy in March 2009 as an ambassador. Since April 2010, he was Special Representative of the German government for Afghanistan and Pakistan. In this office he was followed by Ambassador Bernd Mützelburg, but this was only responsible to the Foreign Office and not the entire federal government.

On 10 February 2012, the Foreign Office was Steiner's resignation as Special Representative of the Federal Government for Afghanistan and Pakistan. His successor to Michael Koch.

On 29 February 2012, the Foreign Office announced that Steiner will be used in future as ambassador to India after the former Ambassador Thomas Matussek already November 1, 2011 Head of Public Affairs of Deutsche Bank and the message since then by the local ambassador Cord Meier - Klodt was conducted as a business support. In July 2012, Steiner officially took his post as ambassador.

He is a member of the Board of the German Society for the United Nations.

Michael Steiner is married.