Joachim Düster: curriculum vitae
- Born on 25 August 1954 in Pforzheim, Germany. - Nationality: German. - Father: Ruprecht Düster, born in 1924 in Karlsruhe; Mother: Meta J. Düster née Dürrhammer, born in 1924 in Pforzheim. -
Two sons: Joh. Frank Said (born in Damascus in 1987) and Robert Salim (born in Damascus in 1989).
- Education:
Primary and secondary education in Pforzheim at Weiherbergschule (1961-1965) and Hebel - Gymnasium (1965-1973). - Law student (also politics, development and oriental studies) at the Universities of Heidelberg (1973-74), Geneva (1974-75) and Tübingen (1973-1980). -
State examinations in law, 1980 (1st) and 1983 (2nd). - Admitted to the Bar in 1983.
- Professional experience:
Worked - inter alia - with GDV Computer Systems GmbH (1979-1980) and transtec Computer Systems GmbH (1980-1984) in business development, marketing and as a legal consultant.
Joined the German Diplomatic Service (Auswärtiger Dienst) in April 1984: Federal Foreign Office, Bonn, Gulf States desk 1985; Office of the State Minister (European Affairs) 1986-1987; German Embassy, Damascus (Syria), 1987-1989; Federal Foreign Office, Bonn, Staff Department, 1990-1993;
Consul General, Dubai (UAE), 1993-1996; Federal Foreign Office, Bonn, Department of Organisation, 1996-1999; German Embassy, Brussels (Belgium), 1999-2002; Federal Foreign Office, Berlin, Middle East Division, 2002-2006; German Embassy, Cairo (Egypt), 2006-2009; German Embassy, London (UK), since July 2009
- Affiliations and memberships:
Co-Founder, Oman Studies Centre for Documentation and Research on Oman and the Arabian Gulf (1975); Co-Founder, German-Omani Association (1992) and member of the Association's Advisory Board as a Counsellor for Documentation. -
Member, German-Yemeni Society (since 1970); German-Arab Society (since 1980); MEI Middle East Institute (since 1981); MESA Middle East Studies Association of North America (since 1986), BRISMES British Society for Middle Eastern Studies (1987), DAVO Deutsche Arbeitsgemeinschaft Vorderer Orient (1996),
DGAP Deutsche Gesellschaft für Auswärtige Politik (1996), GAIR Gesellschaft für Arabisches und Islamisches Recht (1998), NuMOV German Near and Middle East Association (2005), DAFG Deutsch-Arabische Freundschaftsgesellschaft (2007), APS American Philatelic Society (2009).
- Travels:
Mainly in Europe, the Near and Middle East, and East Africa.
- Leisure interests:
Off-road excursions, mountaineering, library and information sciences, travel books and books, stamps and coins of the Middle East
- Current address:
c/o Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany, 23 Belgrave Square, London SW1X 8PZ, United Kingdom. - Phone: +44-20-7824 1314 (embassy - direct line), Fax: +44-20-7824 1315, to send e-mail: click here.
Home | Geocities