Gabriela Renate Bennemann

Born 21 December 1961 in Kleve, Germany

Education

1981 – 1989 University of Bonn, University of Tennessee Knoxville/USA

1988 Master’s degree

1989 First State Diploma

Professional Career

1990 – 1992 Federal Foreign Office Bonn

1992 – 1994 German Embassy Dhaka, Bangladesh

1994 – 1997 German Embassy Santiago de Chile

1997 – 1999 Federal Foreign Office Bonn

1999 – 2000 Federal Foreign Office Berlin

2000 – 2003 German Embassy London, UK

2003 – 2006 Consulate General St. Petersburg, Russia

2006 – 2010 Academy of the Foreign Office, Berlin
Dean of Federal Administrative University

2010 – 2013 German Permanent Mission to the I.O. Geneva, Switzerland

2013 – 2016 German Embassy Belgrade, Serbia

2016 – 2019 Federal Foreign Office Berlin
Head of Section

2019 – 2024 German Embassy Yaoundé, Cameroon

2024 Consulate General Chicago, USA

September 2024 German Embassy Gaborone, Botswana
Ambassador