Andreas Michaelis

Andreas Michaelis (born 24 July 1959 in Hanover, Germany) is a German diplomat who served as State Secretary of the Federal Foreign Office in the government of Chancellor Olaf Scholz. From August 2023 to June 2025, he was the German Ambassador to the United States. From May 2020 until January 2022,

From 2015 to March 2018 Michaelis was Political Director of the Federal Foreign Office. In this role his responsibilities included the negotiations on the Ukraine dossier, on the implementation of the nuclear agreement with Iran and on a political solution to the Syria conflict.

From March 2018 to April 2020 Michaelis was one of two State Secretaries of the Federal Foreign Office. His predecessor Markus Ederer moved to Moscow as EU Ambassador. As State Secretary, Michaelis was responsible for, among other things, the Political Directorates-General at the Federal Foreign Office, and hence for European policy, relations with the USA and Russia, as well as Middle Eastern, Asian and African affairs. In autumn 2019, Michaelis, together with the Federal Chancellor’s foreign policy advisor, Jan Hecker, set up and led the Berlin Process, which in January 2020 led to the Berlin Conference on Libya, which established a ceasefire and created a roadmap for a transitional administration in Libya. thumb Michaelis with US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman in 2022In January 2020 it was announced that Michaelis would succeed Peter Wittig as Ambassador in London. He took up the post in London in May 2020. He was succeeded as State Secretary by the Director-General for Economic Affairs at the Federal Foreign Office, Miguel Berger.

On 3 January, Michaelis was again appointed State Secretary of the Federal Foreign Office under Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock.

From August 2023 to June 2025, he served as German Ambassador to the United States, succeeding Emily Haber. He formally presented his credentials to Ethan Rosenzweig, Acting Chief of Protocol of the United States' State Department, on August 3rd, 2023.

Recognition Michaelis is an Honorary Fellow of Keble College, Oxford. He has received various decorations and honours including the Order of Merit of the Republic of Italy, the Order of Civil Merit of Spain and the French Legion of Honour.

Personal life Michaelis is married with three children. He is a fan and member of 1. FC Union Berlin.