CV Dr. Tobias Tunkel

Born 01.03.1970 in Offenburg

1990 – 1996 Studies in Literature and History in Freiburg, Vienna and Jerusalem

1999 PhD in Literature

1998 – 2000 Editor for the German TV stations ZDF and 3sat

2000 Federal Foreign Office 2001 – 2004 German Embassy Sanaa, Yemen

2004 – 2007 Federal Foreign Office Berlin, Desk Officer for the Cultural Department

2007 – 2009 Political Advisor to the EU Special Envoy for the Middle East Peace Process, Brussels

2009 – 2011 Permanent Mission EU Brussels, Political Officer

2011 – 2015 Federal Foreign Office, Deputy Head of Middle East Division

2015 – 2018 German Embassy Moscow, Head of Division for Economic and Commercial Affairs

2018 – 2019 Federal Foreign Office, Head of Middle East Division

2019 – 2022 Federal Foreign Office, Head of Division for Russia and Belarus and Eastern Partnership

2022 – 2026 Director for the Near and Middle East and North Africa

As of 08/2026 German Embassy Abu Dhabi, Head of Mission