Welcome
Ambassador Achim Burkart
Dear visitors,
a very warm welcome to the website of the German Embassy in Lusaka! I am very glad that you found your way to visit us virtually.
Germany is a country rich in history and culture, with great scenery and open-minded inhabitants. It is also a country renowned for its top achievements in science and technology and for the quality of its products with the trademark “made in Germany”. Our foreign policy centers on peace, security stability, European integration and human rights.
We invite you to take a look at this website and find out more about our country in the heart of Europe.
This website offers information about many aspects of the good and friendly relations between Germany and Zambia. Development cooperation is a particularly important aspect of our relations. Zambian-German development cooperation encompasses 54 years of commitment of the German government to the people of Zambia. Since 1964, when Zambia gained its independence, the German government has made available over 1 billion Euro of direct bilateral assistance. There are another combined 700 million Euro of indirect multilateral contributions to programs of the European Commission, the World Bank, the Africa Development Bank and the United Nations Organizations in Zambia.
The Zambian and the German governments have agreed to concentrate their efforts in development cooperation on the two priority areas “Water and Sanitation” and ”Good Governance“ embracing ”Decentralization“ and ”Civil Society Participation“. Renewable energy, agriculture and wildlife protection are other sectors of our engagement.
I hope that you will find useful information on this website about Germany and about our relations with Zambia in politics, economics, development cooperation, culture as well as the work and services my Embassy can offer to you. Please do not hesitate to contact us for questions, comments and suggestions.
Best regards,
Achim Burkart
German Ambassador to Zambia and Special Representative to COMESA
Further Information
Curriculum Vitae
Mr. Burkart's Curriculum Vitae and personal details are as follows:
Born on 10 August 1960 in Bonn/Germany, married, 3 children
1979
Higher education entrance qualification, Bonn/Germany
1979 - 1987
Law studies, Bonn/Germany
1987
First state law examination, Cologne/Germany
1988 - 1991
Legal training and internships in Bonn and Speyer/Germany, Helsinki/Finland
1991 - 1992
Foreign Service Academy of the Federal Foreign Office, Bonn/Germany
1991
Second state law examination, Düsseldorf/Germany
1992 - 1993
Federal Foreign Office, Bonn/Germany
1993 - 1996
German Embassy Cairo/Egypt
1996 - 1999
Federal Foreign Office, Bonn/Germany
1999 - 2002
German Embassy Hanoi/Vietnam, Deputy Head of Mission
2002 - 2006
German Permanent Mission to the OECD, Paris/France
2006 - 2010
Federal Foreign Office, Berlin/Germany, Deputy Head of Division
2010 - 2012
German Embassy Paris/France, Head of Consulate
2012 - 2016
Federal Foreign Office, Berlin/Germany, Head of Division
since July 2016 Ambassador, Lusaka/Zambia