Wednesday, December 7
We heard from Minister/Counselor Markus Teglas, who has served since August 2021 in the Political Department of the Embassy of Federal Republic of Germany in Washington, DC. His responsibilities include transatlantic relations and U.S. domestic policy.
Prior to that, he was Chief of Staff for the Minister of State for Europe in the Federal Foreign Office. He joined the German Federal Foreign Service in 2013. From 2008 to 2013 he worked as Chief of Staff in the German Bundestag.
Markus Teglas holds a M.A. degree in European Studies (M.E.S.) from the Viadrina-University in Frankfurt/Oder and a M.A. degree in Philosophy from the Free University, Berlin. He has also worked as an editor in various German publishing houses.
