Emily Margarethe Haber

Emily Margarethe Haber was German Ambassador to the United States from June 2018 to June 2023 and was the first woman to hold this position.

Previously, Ambassador Haber, a career foreign service officer, was deployed to the Federal Ministry of the Interior, serving as State Secretary overseeing security and migration at the height of the refugee crisis in Europe. In this capacity, she worked closely with the U.S. administration on topics ranging from the fight against international terrorism to global cyberattacks and cybersecurity. In 2009, she was appointed Political Director and, in 2011, State Secretary at the Foreign Office, the first woman to hold either post. Earlier in her career, she served at the German Embassy in Ankara. She also served in Berlin as Deputy Head of the Cabinet and Parliamentary Liaison Division, as Director of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe Division in the German Foreign Office, and as Deputy Director-General for the Western Balkans.

Ambassador Haber has extensive knowledge of the Soviet Union and Russia, having worked both in the Soviet Union Division at the German Foreign Office and, on various occasions, at the German Embassy in Moscow, where she served as Head of the Economic Affairs Section and Head of the Political Affairs Department. Ambassador Haber studied at schools in New Delhi, Bonn, Paris, Brussels, Washington, and Cologne. She holds a PhD in history.