Klaus Scharioth

[1] He is also a Professor of Practice at the Fletcher School at Tufts University[2] and a commentator on relations between Germany and the United States.

His first posts were in Quito, Ecuador (1979–1982) and at West Germany's Permanent Mission to the United Nations in New York City (1986–1990).

In the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs itself, he has served in the Asia, press and State Secretary's offices (1977–79), in the policy planning staff (1982–1986), and in the international law division (1990–1993).

Scharioth was Director of the Private Office to the NATO Secretaries General Manfred Woerner, Willy Claes and Javier Solana in Brussels, Belgium, from 1993 to 1996.

Under Joschka Fischer Scharioth became Political Director (1999–2002) before serving as State Secretary of the German Foreign Office from 2002 to 2006.