Christoph Heusgen
Chairman, Munich Security Conference (2022–25)
Christoph Heusgen served as Germany’s Ambassador to the United Nations from 2017 to 2021; he chaired the UN Security Council in April 2019 and July 2020. Between 2005 and 2017 he was Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Diplomatic Advisor. Before, between 1999 and 2005 he was the Head of the Policy Unit supporting the European Union’s first High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Javier Solana. In his diplomatic career he was also posted in Chicago, Paris and Bonn.
Christoph Heusgen chaired the Munich Security Conference between 2022 and 2025. He teaches Political Science at the University of St. Gallen (Switzerland).