Curriculum Vitae

Werner Hans Lauk

Consul General

17.12.1950 Born in Altensteig/Württemberg

1956 to 1969 Primary School as well as Jugenddorf Christophorus School Altensteig

1969 University-Entrance Diploma/Baccalaureat

1969 to 1971 Alternative military service at the hospital of the city of Waiblingen

1971 to 1976 Study of Political Economics as well as Political Science at the Universities of Tübingen and Regensburg, Degree as Political Economist

1977 Entry in the Foreign Service of the Federal Republic of Germany

1977 to 1979 Attaché training at the education and training facility of the Foreign Office of the Federal Republic of Germany in Bonn

1979 to 1980 Desk officer in the Culture and Education Directorate-General of the Foreign Office

1981 to 1983 Officer for Cultural Affairs at the German Embassy in Caracas/Venezuela

1983 to 1986 Desk officer in the Directorate-General for Foreign Trade Relations and Development Politics of the Foreign Office

1986 to 1991 Head of the Economic/Commercial section at the German Embassy in Prague/Czechoslovakia

1991 to 1996 Deputy Head of Division in the Directorate-General for Foreign Trade Relations and Development Politics of the Foreign Office

1996 to 2001 Deputy Chief of Mission at the German Embassy in Riyadh/Saudi Arabia

2001 to 2003 Head of Division in the Culture and Education Directorate-General of the Foreign Office

2004 to 2008 Head of the Economic Department at the German Embassy in Beijing/PR China

9/2008-7/2010 Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany in Kabul/Afghanistan

as of August 2010 Consul General of the Federal Republic of Germany in Hong Kong SAR