Peter Fahrenholtz (born

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) is a

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, posted since 2018 as the Ambassador in Bangladesh. Fahrenholtz graduated from the

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, and continued to study

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and

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between 1976 and 1982 at the Georg-August University in Göttingen, Germany. From 1982 until 1984, he stayed in

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with a research

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from the

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. After being employed by

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from 1984 to 1986, Fahrenholtz joined the

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in 1986. After graduating from the

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, he was posted from 1988 to 1991 to the German Embassy in

Bucharest, Romania Bucharest ( , ; ro, București ) is the capital and largest city of Romania, as well as its cultural, industrial, and financial centre. It is located in the southeast of the country, on the banks of the Dâmbovița River, less than north of ...

, and the

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, from 1991 to 1995. Returning to Germany, Fahrenholtz served in the department for economic affairs of the

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dealing mainly with international strategy issues on raw materials . From 1997 to 2001 he was posted to

Tehran, Iran Tehran (; fa, تهران ) is the largest city in Tehran Province and the Capital city, capital of Iran. With a population of around 9 million in the city and around 16 million in the larger metropolitan area of Greater Tehran, Tehran is th ...

, as head of the consular and legal department of the German embassy. From 2001 to 2004, Fahrenholtz was the deputy head of the Crisis Response Centre in the German Foreign office, which was followed by a posting as acting Consul General in

Mumbai, India Mumbai (, ; also known as Bombay — List of renamed Indian cities and states#Maharashtra, the official name until 1995) is the capital city of the Indian States and union territories of India, state of Maharashtra and the ''de facto'' fin ...

, until 2006. After serving as deputy head of mission at the German embassy in

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Addis Ababa (; am, አዲስ አበባ, , new flower ; also known as , lit. "natural spring" in Oromo), is the capital and largest city of Ethiopia. It is also served as major administrative center of the Oromia Region. In the 2007 census, t ...

, until 2009, Fahrenholtz was named head of division in the Foreign Office for West and Central Africa. From 14 September 2012 until August 2016, Fahrenholtz was the German Ambassador in Rwanda. From September 2016 until July 2018 he was posted as Consul General in Toronto, Canada. Since August 2018 Fahrenholtz is the German ambassador to Bangladesh. In 2001, Fahrenholtz was awarded the order of merit by the

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. He has been married since 1986 to Kirsten Fahrenholtz, and has five children.

References

External links

Kigali.diplo.de
{{DEFAULTSORT:Fahrenholtz, Peter German diplomats Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Recipients of the Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany