Wolfgang Ischinger is the German Ambassador to the United States. He joined the German Foreign Service in 1975. From 1993 to 1995, Ischinger was Director of the Policy Planning Staff of the German Foreign Office in Bonn. In 1995, he was appointed Director General for Political Affairs. In that capacity, Ischinger participated in a number of international negotiating processes – including the Bosnia Peace Talks at Dayton, Ohio and the negotiations on NATO enlargement and on the Kosovo crisis.
From 1998 to 2000, Wolfgang Ischinger served as Deputy Foreign Minister. He took up his post as German Ambassador to the United States in July 2000.
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