Martin Erdmann (born 25 January 1955) is a German

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Career

Erdmann was born in

Münster Münster (; ) is an independent city#Germany, independent city (''Kreisfreie Stadt'') in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is in the northern part of the state and is considered to be the cultural centre of the Westphalia region. It is also a ...

, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. He joined the

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in 1982. In 1984 he completed his diplomatic-consular state exam and became Personal Assistant of Parliamentary State Secretary (State Minister) Alois Mertes at the Foreign Office,

Bonn Bonn () is a federal city in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, located on the banks of the Rhine. With a population exceeding 300,000, it lies about south-southeast of Cologne, in the southernmost part of the Rhine-Ruhr region. This ...

. From 1985 to 1987 he was delegated as Second Secretary to the German Embassy

Helsinki Helsinki () is the Capital city, capital and most populous List of cities and towns in Finland, city in Finland. It is on the shore of the Gulf of Finland and is the seat of southern Finland's Uusimaa region. About people live in the municipali ...

and subsequently until 1990 as First Secretary to the German Delegation to

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. In 1990 he returned to the Foreign Office in

as Desk Officer at the Press Division. In 1993 he was appointed Deputy Press Spokesman of the Federal Foreign Office, Bonn and in 1995 Federal Foreign Minister

Klaus Kinkel Klaus Kinkel (17 December 1936 – 4 March 2019)
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) appointed him Spokesman of the Federal Foreign Office, Bonn, a task which Ambassador Erdmann held until summer 1999, after the change of government in fall 1998 under Federal Foreign Minister

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. As preparation for subsequent missions as Minister Counsellor and Minister Plenipotentiary (Deputy Ambassador) at the German Delegation to NATO, Brussels he completed Senior Course 95 for

executives at the

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(August 1999 until February 2000). Following his mission as Minister Plenipotentiary Erdmann joined the international staff of NATO Headquarters, Brussels in summer 2005. He was appointed by the then NATO Secretary General

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to NATO Assistant Secretary General for Political Affairs corresponding to the role of Political Director at a national Foreign Ministry. In January 2010 he returned for a short period to the Foreign Office in Berlin until he was appointed Permanent Representative of the Federal Republic of Germany on the

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, Brussels in March 2010. From 1 October 2014 until end of July 2015 he acted as Dean of the

(NAC). Since August 2015 Erdmann has been serving as Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany in Turkey. During his time in office, Turkey's Foreign Ministry summoned him in March 2016 over a satirical broadcast by German television station NDR that featured "

Erdowie, Erdowo, Erdoğan "Erdowie, Erdowo, Erdogan" (German for "Erdo-how, Erdo-where, Erdogan") is a satirical music video that was produced by German TV show ''extra 3'' in March 2016. The song mocks Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Following the release o ...

", a two-minute satirical song mocking Turkish President

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. In March 2017, the foreign ministry summoned him again after the municipality of

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in southwestern Germany revoked permission for a campaign event for that year's

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at which Turkish

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was to appear.

Recognition

Erdmann is recipient of foreign orders of merit as well as decorations and medals. Erdmann is married and has three children.

References

External links

Website of the German Embassy in Turkey
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