Christoph Heusgen

Quick Facts

Full Name	Christoph Heusgen
Occupation	Diplomat
Date Of Birth	Mar 17, 1955(1955-03-17)
Age	69
Country	Germany
Birth City	Düsseldorf
Horoscope	Pisces

Christoph Heusgen Biography

Christoph Heusgen is one of the most popular and richest Diplomat who was born on March 17, 1955 in Düsseldorf, Germany. Christoph Heusgen (born 17 March 1955 in Dusseldorf-Heerdt) is an German diplomat , who’s been the German Embassy to United Nations in New York since July of 2017. He was the Under-Secretary of foreign and Security Policy at the German Chancellery from 2005 until 2017 and was named as Angela Merkel’s the most powerful foreign policy advisor. Presently, Germany is a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council and Ambassador Heusgen was the Presidency of the Council in April of 2019.

In November 2016 , it was it was announced that Heusgen will be succeeding Harald Braun as Permanent Representative of Germany to the United Nations in New York in 2017. In that capacity, he directed the nation’s effort to win an election to the United Nations Security Council election in the year 2018. He then served as the president of the United Nations Security Council in April 2019. In December of 2019 Heusgen was listed as a 7th place on the list of Simon Wiesenthal Center on most antisemitic behavior in the year 2019, because of his decision in voting against Israel the government on the UNO level.

The Wiesenthal Center listed Heusgen for 2019 among the year’s 10 worst acts of antisemitism. German tabloid Bild “accused Heusgen in an editorial of ‘pure malice’ against the Jewish state.” The Wiesenthal Center further added that Heusgen “equated 130 rockets fired by terrorist Hamas at Israeli civilians in one week in March with the Jewish state’s demolition of terrorists’ homes”. Israel’s Ambassador to Germany defended Heusgen saying the accusation was totally inappropriate. The German Foreign Office pointed to Heusgen’s long track record of supporting Israel’s security.

In 2005, Heusgen was appointed Under-Secretary of foreign and Security Policy at the German Chancellery. In this role He was the principal adviser on security and foreign policy for Chancellor Angela Merkel. When he finished his term, he had become the longest-serving politician in the post.

Christoph Heusgen Net Worth

Christoph Heusgen is one of the richest Diplomat from Germany. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Christoph Heusgen 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Heusgen joined the diplomatic services from West Germany in 1980.

The father of pharmacists, Heusgen was raised in Neuss where the school he attended was Quirinus-Gymnasium. In his senior years He spent a year on exchange with Western Reserve Academy, a institution of boarding that is located in Hudson, Ohio. Heusgen went on to study at St. Gallen, at Georgia Southern University (GSU) as well as at Pantheon-Assas University in Paris, and earned a doctorate at the University of St. Gallen in the year 1980. Heusgen also loved football and said the fact that he is a big fan of FC Bayern Munich.

In 2017, the German tabloid Bild spread leaked information from Russian hacker group Fancy Bear, believed to be linked to Russian intelligence agency GRU, who had hacked into the United Nations’ email system and obtained Heusgen’s correspondences, including one which suggested that he helped his wife get a job at the UN. Journalists familiar with the issue of working couples reported that it is not uncommon for both partners to seek employment.

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Facts & Trivia

Christoph Ranked on the list of most popular Diplomat. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Germany. Christoph Heusgen celebrates birthday on March 17 of every year.