The Consul General - Curriculum vitae

Rainer Schmiedchen,
born in Potsdam on 1st June 1960,
married to A Schmiedchen, PhD, Indologist (Sanskrit scholar)

1979              Higher education entrance qualification (Abitur)
1979 – 1982   Military service (Navy)
1982 – 1987   University, South-Asian studies and history, M.A.
1987 – 1991   Assistant to the board of a foreign-trade company
1989 – 1990   Postgraduate course in foreign-trade economics
1991 – 1993   Federal Foreign Office, Foreign Service training
1993 – 1994   Federal Foreign Office, South Asia Division
1994 – 1997   German Embassy in Colombo
1997 – 2000   German Consulate-General in Novosibirsk, Consul
2000 – 2004   Federal Foreign Office, Directorate-General for Economic
                       Affairs
2004 – 2007   European Commission in Brussels
2007 – 2008   Federal Foreign Office, Deputy Head of Division
2008 – 2010   German Bundestag, Political Advisor
2010 – 2011   Federal Foreign Office, Deputy Head of Division

Since 10th May 2011 Consul General of Germany in Kolkata