Jörg Ziercke (born 18 July 1947) served as the chief commissioner of the Federal Criminal Police Office of Germany (''Bundeskriminalamt'') from 2004 to 2014.

Career

Jörg Ziercke entered police service with the

Bereitschaftspolizei The ''Bereitschaftspolizei'' (literally 'Readiness Police'/On-Call Police (Reserve); effectively riot police) are the support and rapid reaction units of Germany's police forces. They are composed of detachments from the Federal Police and th ...

in 1967. From 1970 onwards, Ziercke worked as a criminal investigator with the state investigations bureau (''

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'') in

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. In 1979 he became the chief of the

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investigations department (''

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''). From 1985 up until his appointment as head of the ''Bundeskriminalamt'', he worked in leading positions within the police of the state of

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Personal life

Jörg Ziercke is married and has two children. He is a member of the

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References

Official biography

Jörg Ziercke in Spiegel Magazine

External links

* ttp://www.bka.de/ Federal Criminal Police Office of Germany - Official Site - - - 1947 births Living people People from Lübeck German police chiefs {{Germany-bio-stub