Rüdiger Bohn is Deputy Federal Government Commissioner for Disarmament and Arms Control at the German Foreign Ministry. His career has included posts at German diplomatic missions in Amman, Brussels (German NATO Delegation), Tashkent and Washington DC. He also worked in various departments at the Foreign Ministry in Berlin including as Director for Conventional Arms Control in Europe. Previously, he served as Director for Security Policy, Arms Control and Western Europe / USA at the Federal Chancellery. Rüdiger Bohn owns a diploma in Arabic studies and a Master degree in Public Administration (Kennedy School of Government, Harvard).