Boris Ruge
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| Born | April 18, 1962 Cologne |
| Nationality | German |
| Citizenship | Germany |
| Occupation | Diplomat |
Boris Ruge (born April 18, 1962 in Cologne) is a German diplomat who was Ambassador to Saudi Arabia from 2014 to 2016[1][2]. Since July 2019, he has been Vice-Chairman of the Munich Security Conference (MSC).[3]
Life
Boris Ruge is the son of Countess Fredeke von der Schulenburg and journalist Gerd Ruge and brother of publisher Elisabeth Ruge. His maternal grandfather was the resistance fighter of July 20, 1944, Fritz-Dietlof von der Schulenburg. Ruge is married and has four children.
Career
In 1989, Ruge joined the Senior Foreign Service. After completing his preparatory service, he was a desk officer in the Political Department of the German Foreign Office in Bonn until 1992. Subsequently, until 1996, Ruge served as political officer and member of the Security Council delegation at the Permanent Mission to the United Nations in New York City. Between 1996 and 1999, he was head of the Press, Cultural and Consular Section of the Embassy in Denmark. In 1999, during Operation Allied Force in Kosovo, Ruge served as a liaison officer at the Media Operations Center at NATO headquarters in Brussels and, following the redeployment of NATO forces, he became Chief Political Advisor to the Commander of KFOR from 2001 to 2002 at the headquarters in Priština[4].
From 2002 to 2005, he then served as Deputy Head of the European Security and Defense Policy Unit at the German Foreign Office. In 2005, he completed a one-year course at the Royal College of Defence Studies (RCDS) in London. From 2006 to 2008, he was Head of the Political Section in the Office of the High Representatives and European Union Special Representative|EU Special Representatives in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Christian Schwarz-Schilling and Miroslav Lajčák.
In 2008, Ruge returned to the Federal Foreign Office in Berlin. Until 2011, he headed the Middle East Department and was then Commissioner for the Near and Middle East and Maghreb until 2014[5]. In June 2014, Ruge became Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
In June 2019, his appointment as Deputy Chairman of the Munich Security Conference (MSC) was announced. As Deputy Chairman, Ruge shares responsibility for the events and publications of the Security Conference.
In 2020, he was a member of the Distinguished Reflection Group on Transatlantic China Policy from the Aspen Institute, Merics, and the MSC.
Memberships / Affiliations
Ruge is a member of the advisory board of the Atlantic Bridge Program of Atlantik-Brücke.[6]
References
- ↑ "Boris Ruge". ICDS. Retrieved 2023-02-17.
- ↑ germanyinusa. "The German Embassy in Washington, DC". Tumblr. Retrieved 2023-02-17.
- ↑ "Chairman and Team - Munich Security Conference". securityconference.org. Retrieved 2022-08-24.
- ↑ "Ambassador Boris Ruge". NATO Engages. Retrieved 2023-02-17.
- ↑ "Saudi-German ties touch new heights". Arab News. 2015-10-14. Retrieved 2023-02-17.
- ↑ "Members of the Advisory Board". Atlantik-Brücke e.V. Retrieved 2022-08-24.
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