ANKE REIFFENSTUEL
(born on 7 October 1968 in Halle, married, 3 children)
Ambassador at the German Embassy in Manila since August 2019.
From 2016 until 2019, she was the Head of the Division of Humanitarian Assistance and Humanitarian Demining (Operations) at the Federal Foreign Office in Berlin. The Division is part of the Directorate General for Humanitarian Assistance, Crisis Prevention, Stabilization and Post-Conflict reconstruction. She has dealt with humanitarian assistance since 2012, when she became Deputy Head of this division (2012-2016).
Anke Reiffenstuel has worked in the diplomatic service since 1993; her postings included the German embassies in London, New Delhi, Cairo and Manila.
Curriculum Vitae
1987 : Secondary school graduation
1987 – 1992 : Martin-Luther-University Halle, German and English studies
1993 : M.A. in German and Literature studies
1993 – 1995 : Foreign Service traineeship for the Higher Service
1995 – 1996 : Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Berlin
1995 – 1999 : German Embassy in London
1999 – 2002 : Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Berlin
2002 – 2005 : German Embassy in New Delhi
2006 – 2009 : Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Berlin
2009 – 2012 : German Embassy in Cairo
2012 – 2016 : Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Berlin, Deputy Head of Division
2016 – 2019 : Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Berlin, Head of the Division of Humanitarian Assistance and Humanitarian Demining (Operations)
2019 : Ambassador at the German Embassy Manila