Curriculum Vitae of the Ambassador
Ambassador Thomas Meister
Thomas Hermann Meister
| 1955 | Born in Duisburg/Germany, married with one child |
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| 1974 – 1980 | Study of Economic Science |
| 1980 | University Degree of Economic Science |
| 1980 - 1981 | Study of History and Romance Languages and Literature |
| 1981 – 1983 | Federal Foreign Office, Senior Service-Training and Entrance Examination |
| 1983 – 1984 | Federal Foreign Office, Disarmament Division |
| 1984 – 1987 | Embassy Canberra |
| 1987 – 1989 | Embassy Kampala, Deputy Head of Mission |
| 1989 – 1993 | Federal Foreign Office, Europe Division |
| 1993 – 1996 | Consulate General New York, Head of Cultural Division |
| 1996 – 1999 | Federal Foreign Office, Deputy Head of Division for International Technological Cooperation |
| 1999 – 2003 | Consul General Recife |
| 2003 – 2006 | Embassy Madrid, Head of Political Division |
| 2006 – 2009 | Federal Foreign Office, Head of Division for International Energy Politics |
Since August 2009 | Ambassador to New Zealand, Ambassador to Tonga, Samoa, Fiji, Kiribati, Tuvalu, Cook Islands located in Wellington, Consul General to American Samoa |