Wolfgang Ischinger

Chairman of the Munich Security Conference, Ambassador
Keynote Speaker Wolfgang Ischinger

Wolfgang Ischinger

Chairman of the Munich Security Conference, Ambassador

Biography

Ambassador Wolfgang Ischinger has been Chairman of the Munich Security Conference (MSC) since 2008. He teaches at the Hertie School of Governance in Berlin as Senior Professor for Security Policy and Diplomatic Practice and advises governments, international organizations and the private sector on strategic issues. He has published widely on foreign, security and defense policy issues.

Wolfgang Ischinger studied law at the universities of Bonn and Geneva and obtained his law degree in 1972.  He did graduate and postgraduate work at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy and at Harvard Law School, Cambridge/USA. In 1975, Ambassador Ischinger joined the German Foreign Service, followed by a distinguished diplomatic career. From 2006 to 2008, he was the Federal Republic of Germany’s Ambassador in London and from 2001 to 2006 in Washington, DC. He served as Deputy Foreign Minister (State Secretary) of Germany from 1998 to 2001, and as Political Director of the Foreign Ministry from 1995 to 1998.

He represented the European Union in the Troika negotiations on the future of Kosovo in 2007 and in 2014 he served as the Special Representative of the OSCE Chairman-In-Office in the Ukraine crisis. In 2015, he chaired the OSCE “Eminent Persons Panel on European Security”, mandated to offer recommendations on how to build a more resilient European security architecture. From 2008 to 2014, he was also Global Head of Government Relations at Allianz SE, Munich.

He is a member of the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR) and the Trilateral Commission and serves on a number of non-profit boards and advisory councils, including the German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP), the American Academy Berlin, and the Atlantik-Brücke. Ischinger is also a member of the Supervisory Board of Hensoldt GmbH and of the International Advisory Council of Investcorp, London.

Wolfgang Ischinger shows his audiences how to handle negotiations effectively whilst offering unique insights into the complexities of international security, drawing from his experiences as Ambassador and his longstanding career in the Foreign Service. His informative presentations make him invaluable asset as a speaker for audiences around the globe.

Topics

  • The Central Security Issues of our Time
  • International Negotiating Processes
  • Shifting Powers – Security Policy in the 21st Century
  • Challenges in Foreign Policy
  • European & Transatlantic Issues
  • Emerging Powers and Threats
  • Europe and the global challenges

Languages

fr    de

Publications

  • Welt in Gefahr – Deutschland und Europa in unsicheren Zeiten (2018)
  • Several articles

Awards

  • Federal Cross of Merit (2009)
  • Leo-Baeck-Medaille (2008)

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