Ambassador Ralf Breth of Germany took up his appointment as the new Head of the OSCE Mission to Skopje.

Ambassador Breth has served for 29 years in the German foreign ministry as a career diplomat. He has significant regional experience in the Western Balkans.

He has previously served for three years in Skopje as head of the German Embassy and was representative of the Presidency of the European Union during the German and Finnish presidencies.

Prior to his appointment, Ambassador Breth served as Head of the Division of International Criminal Law in the German Foreign Ministry. He has also headed two other German missions abroad in Izmir, Turkey and Sibiu, Romania.

Ambassador Breth graduated in law at the University of Frankfurt/Main and has completed the diplomatic academy at the German Foreign Office in Bonn, Germany.