Biography
Petra Haertel is working as Head of Administration at the International Nuremberg Principles Academy since March 2015. Before joining the Academy she had been working for many years at the German Federal Foreign Office in different countries and positions. After completing her studies in Public Administration Ms Haertel moved to Moscow and worked at the Consular Section of the German Embassy. Her next posting sent her to the German Embassy in Santiago de Chile where she worked as Consular Officer as well as in the Department for Press and Development Cooperation. After a four year’s stay in Berlin working for the Press Department of the Federal Foreign Office Ms Haertel moved to Hanoi. Her assignment in Vietnam was followed by a posting at the German Embassy in Cairo, Egypt. Back in Berlin she served as desk officer in the department for Northern Africa and the Transformation of the Arab World.
She is fluent in German, English and Spanish.