Thomas Bagger is Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany and representative of the Federal President in Poland since July 2022. Previously, he was Director of Foreign Policy in the Office of the Federal President from 2017 to 2022 and Head of Policy Planning at the German Federal Foreign Office from 2011 to 2017. From 2009 to 2011 Thomas Bagger served as Head of the Foreign Minister’s Office in Berlin. His previous postings abroad included Washington, DC, Ankara and Prague. He also worked as a speechwriter for Foreign Ministers Klaus Kinkel and Joschka Fischer. Before joining the Foreign Office in 1992, Bagger worked as a research associate at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP).