US Ambassador Amy Gutmann is leaving Germany this summer for personal reasons. The 74-year-old wanted to join her husband, who was away due to professional commitments USA must return, U.S. Embassy spokeswoman Elisabeth Rosenstock-Siller said Monday evening. Gutmann has already communicated her decision to return to the United States this summer to her employees and colleagues in the federal government.
The former politics professor Gutmann does Ambassador in Berlin since February 2022. The award-winning political scientist with German-Jewish roots previously served for many years as president of the renowned Pennsylvania University. She had no experience as a diplomat.
Rosenstock-Siller went on to say that Gutmann is proud of the work she and her team have done to support German-American relations. Before she leaves, she wants to fulfill numerous obligations.
Before Gutmann after Berlin came, the office of American ambassador was vacant for more than twenty months as a result of a blockade by the opposition Republicans in the American Senate. The ambassadorial post was vacant for almost sixteen months after Donald Trump was elected US president.
From May 2018 to early June 2020, Richard Grenell held the office of US ambassador. At the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Chancellery His government was repeatedly criticized. Grenell had, among other things, clearly called on the German government to increase its military expenditure. Grenell is being considered Candidate for the future Secretary of State under Donald Trump traded if he wins the US presidential election in November.
US Ambassador Amy Gutmann is leaving Germany this summer for personal reasons. The 74-year-old wanted to join her husband, who was away due to professional commitments USA must return, U.S. Embassy spokeswoman Elisabeth Rosenstock-Siller said Monday evening. Gutmann has already communicated her decision to return to the United States this summer to her employees and colleagues in the federal government.
The former politics professor Gutmann does Ambassador in Berlin since February 2022. The award-winning political scientist with German-Jewish roots previously served for many years as president of the renowned Pennsylvania University. She had no experience as a diplomat.