Dirk Steffen Schuebel (born 1965) is a diplomat and economist from

Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...

. He serves in the European External Action Service (EEAS) as the Head of the Delegation of the European Union to Belarus since 2019. Previously he has been the Head of the

Delegation of the European Union to Moldova The Delegation of the European Union to Moldova ( ro, Delegația Uniunii Europene în Republica Moldova) was established to facilitate relations between Moldova and the European Union. It is located in Moldova's capital, Chișinău. History T ...

from November 2009 until mid 2013.Delegation of the European Union to Moldova

Biography

Dirk Schuebel was born in

East Germany East Germany, officially the German Democratic Republic (GDR; german: Deutsche Demokratische Republik, , DDR, ), was a country that existed from its creation on 7 October 1949 until its dissolution on 3 October 1990. In these years the state ...

. From

Brussels Brussels (french: Bruxelles or ; nl, Brussel ), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (french: link=no, Région de Bruxelles-Capitale; nl, link=no, Bruss ...

he worked with

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(helped to bring it into the

European Union The European Union (EU) is a supranational political and economic union of member states that are located primarily in Europe. The union has a total area of and an estimated total population of about 447million. The EU has often been des ...

as political desk officer for Hungary). Dirk Schuebel has served as Head of Political, Press and Information Section and Acting Head of the Delegation of the European Commission to Ukraine. Ambassador Dirk Schuebel was the second head of the

after

Cesare de Montis Cesare de Montis is an official of the European Union. He was the Head of the Delegation of the European Union to Moldova (October 2005 – November 2009). Biography In October 2005, Cesare de Montis became the first Head of the Delegation of t ...

Schuebel has been the Head of the

from November 2009 til mid 2013. He then moved on to work in the EEAS Head Office. Since late summer 2019 he is the Head of the

Delegation of the European Union to Belarus Delegation is the assignment of authority to another person (normally from a manager to a subordinate) to carry out specific activities. It is the process of distributing and entrusting work to another person,Schermerhorn, J., Davidson, P., Poole ...

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Dirk Schuebel

Dirk Schuebel: Moldova's hard times give possibilities for fiscal reforms

Dirk Schuebel recommends to improve customs services
German diplomats Ambassadors of the European Union to Moldova Ambassadors of the European Union to Belarus 1965 births Living people Recipients of the Order of Honour (Moldova) German officials of the European Union {{Germany-diplomat-stub