Full Name
Her Excellencey Beate Grzeski
Job Title
German Ambassador to Australia
Company
Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany
Speaker Bio
Beate Grzeski is the German Ambassador to Australia since October 2023, also responsible for the Pacific Island States of Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu and Naoero.
Prior to this she was the German Special Envoy for the Pacific Island States since 2022.
After studying law at Munich University, she began her career in the Foreign Ministry in 1998.
Her extensive diplomatic career includes her role as Deputy Head of Mission at the German Embassy in Moscow from 2017 to 2022 and as Minister / Head of Economic Department at the German Embassy in Beijing from 2011 to 2014. She held key positions at the Federal Foreign Office such as Commissioner for Refugees and Migration (2015 – 2017) and as Director for International Academic Relations and Public Diplomacy, Dialogue among Civilizations and as Head of Division EU Justice and Home Affairs and Advisor on European Law.
Other engagements included the role as Private Secretary to the President of the German Bundestag and as Advisor for the Chairman of the EPP-Group in the European Convention in 2002-2003. Previously she also worked as Private Secretary to the Special Coordinator of the Stability Pact for South-Eastern Europe (SPSC 1999 – 2002)
Prior to this she was the German Special Envoy for the Pacific Island States since 2022.
After studying law at Munich University, she began her career in the Foreign Ministry in 1998.
Her extensive diplomatic career includes her role as Deputy Head of Mission at the German Embassy in Moscow from 2017 to 2022 and as Minister / Head of Economic Department at the German Embassy in Beijing from 2011 to 2014. She held key positions at the Federal Foreign Office such as Commissioner for Refugees and Migration (2015 – 2017) and as Director for International Academic Relations and Public Diplomacy, Dialogue among Civilizations and as Head of Division EU Justice and Home Affairs and Advisor on European Law.
Other engagements included the role as Private Secretary to the President of the German Bundestag and as Advisor for the Chairman of the EPP-Group in the European Convention in 2002-2003. Previously she also worked as Private Secretary to the Special Coordinator of the Stability Pact for South-Eastern Europe (SPSC 1999 – 2002)
