Michael Georg Link | |
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| Minister of State in the Federal Foreign Office with Cornelia Pieper | |
| In office 2012–2013 | |
| Preceded by | Werner Hoyer |
| Succeeded by | Michael Roth |
| Member of the Bundestag | |
| In office 2005–2013 | |
| Assumed office 2017 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 6 February 1963 Heilbronn, Baden-Württemberg, West Germany (now Germany) |
| Political party | Free Democratic Party |
| Alma mater | |
Michael Georg Link (born 6 February 1963) is a German politician of the Free Democratic Party (FDP) who has served a member of the Bundestag from 2005 to 2013 and again since 2017. In addition to his parliamentary mandate, he has been serving as the Coordinator of Transatlantic Cooperation at the Federal Foreign Office in the coalition government of Chancellor Olaf Scholz since 2022.[1]
Link was the Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) from July 2014 to June 2017. From January 2012 to December 2013, he served as First Deputy Foreign Minister (Minister of State for Europe) in the government of Chancellor Angela Merkel.
- ^ Holger Möhle (2 February 2022), FDP-Europaexperte Michael Link soll neuer Transatlantik-Koordinator werden: Der Mann des offenen Gesprächskanals Rheinische Post.