|
Mr. Johannes WESTERHOFF
Mr. Westerhoff was born in Wietzen, Germany, in 1947. In 1976, after studying Law and History at Heidelburg, Geneva, Munich and Berkeley and passing the Bar exam, he entered the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
His first assignment was to the political affairs directorate of the Ministry, dealing with questions of European policy. During this time, he undertook several short missions to London, Copenhagen and Paris in the context of the German Presidency of the European Community in 1978.
In 1979, Mr. Westerhoff was posted to the German Embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia. In 1982 he returned to Bonn where he served in the Directorate for Legal Affairs of the Ministry. Then, in 1985, he was appointed Minister-Counsellor at the German Embassy in Dakar, Senegal. From 1987 to 1990 he was posted to the German Embassy in Paris in the political department then in the press and communications department.
In 1994, Mr. Westerhoff was named Ambassador to Mauritania. From 2000 to 2003 he was head of the human resources service of the Federal Ministry. Then, in 2003, he was appointed Assistant Secretary-General for Franco-German Cooperation. From 2005 until his nomination as Permanent Representative of Germany to the OECD, Mr. Westerhoff was Ambassador of Germany to Algeria.
Ambassador Johannes Westerhoff took up his duties as Permanent Representative of Germany to the OECD on 8 December 2008.
Click here for a high-resolution photo of the Ambassador.
Click here to contact the Delegation.
Click here to find out more about OECD work on Germany.
|
