Wolfgang Ischinger

German diplomat; Chairman, Munich Conference on Security Policy

Wolfgang Ischinger is a German diplomat and Chairman of the Munich Conference on Security Policy. From 1998 to 2000, Ischinger served as the Deputy Foreign Minister for Germany. From 2006 to 2008, he was the Federal Republic of Germany's ambassador to the United Kingdom, and before that was German ambassador to the United States for almost five years. His long career in the German Foreign Service gave him specific expertise in international negotiating processes, having been involved with the Bosnia Peace Talks at Dayton, Ohio and negotiations on NATO enlargement and the Kosovo crisis.