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Consul General Axel Zeidler
Axel Zeidler has been Consul General of the Federal Republic of Germany in Sydney since August 2021
Born 1957 in Berlin/Germany, married, 2 children
1977 – 1983
Studies of Physics in Darmstadt (Germany) and Paris
1983 – 1985
Researcher at Technical University, Darmstadt
1985 – 1989
Researcher at German Aerospace Agency DLR
1989
Entry German Foreign Office, Bonn
1990 – 1991
German Foreign Office, Bonn
1991 – 1993
Permanent Mission of the Federal Republic of Germany to the United Nations in New York
1993 – 1996
German Foreign Office, Bonn
1996 – 1999
German Embassy in Lusaka, Zambia, Deputy Head of Mission
1999 – 2002
German Embassy in Brasilia, Brazil
2002 – 2006
German Foreign Office, Deputy Head of Division
2006 - 2008
German Embassy in Pretoria, South Africa, Deputy Head of Mission
2008 - 2011
German Foreign Office, Head of Division
2011 - 2014
German Foreign Office, Inspector
2015
German Federal Academy for Security Policy
2015 – 2020
German Consul General in Sao Paulo, Brazil
2020 - 2021
German Ambassador in Kabul, Afghanistan
since Aug. 2021
Consul General of the Federal Republic of Germany in Sydney, Australia