H. E. Mr Worbs

Ambassador / Permanent Delegate of Germany to UNESCO

Born on 14/09/1950 in Ulm (Germany), married

Since August 2012 Permanent Delegate of Germany to UNESCO

• 2010-2012 German Consul General in Rio de Janeiro
• 2007-2010 German Ambassador, Kuwait
• 2004-2007 Availability to the Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs, position in Daimler-Chrysler group, Stuttgart
• 2001-2004 Director of the Economic Department, German Embassy in Brasilia and Acting Consul General in São Paulo
• 1997-2001 Assistant to the Ambassador and Permanent Delegate to UNESCO in Paris 
• 1994-1997 Deputy Head of the Media Division, Federal Foreign Office in Berlin
• 1992-1994 Minister Plenipotentiary and Director of the Economic Department, German Embassy in Kiev; temporary secondment to the post of chargé d'affaires at the German Embassy in Tirana
• 1989-1992 Exchange diplomat at the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Deputy Director of the Economic Department, German Embassy in Rome
• 1986-1989 Middle East Division of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (Bonn)
• 1986 Plenipotentiary Minister, German Embassy, Beirut 
• 1983-1986 Counsellor for Cultural Affairs, German Embassy, Khartoum
• 1983 Category A Entrance Examination in the Diplomatic and Consular Service
• 1981-1983 Entry into the Foreign Service, attaché training
• 1981 Internship at the German National Library in Berlin
• 1976-1980 PhD in Literature 
• 1976 1st State exam, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University of Frankfurt and Technical University of Berlin: political science, Germanic languages and civilizations, general literature and comparative literature; research stays in Vienna, Paris and Rome
• 1969 Abitur (baccalaureat)