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Wolf-Ruthart Born

Versions of names: Вольф-Рутхарт Борн
Germany

Wolf-Ruthart Born is a German diplomat. He has been the State Secretary of the Federal Foreign Office of Germany from 2009 to 2011. Currently he is deputy chairman of the executive board of the Institute for European Politics, a member of the advisory board of the journal Business & Diplomacy, a member of the advisory board of the Near and Middle East Association, a member of the board of trustees of AIESEC, deputy chairman of the Charité circle of friends and a member of other associations.

Born was ambassador to Mexico from 1999 to 2003 and to Turkey until 2006. From March 2006 to October 2009 he headed the embassy in Madrid, Spain.

Missions

Individual observers at the 2020 Azerbaijani parliamentary elections

No affiliation

Institutional affiliation to the Institute for European Politics (IEP)

Official function: Institutional affiliation to the Middle East Association

During our short period of observation in Azerbaijan, we saw that the elections were organized at a high level, and we are very pleased with it.

Read more about this mission here:

Corresponding elections

Parliamentary Election Azerbaijan 2020
legitimate
On 9 February 2020, Azerbaijan held parliamentary elections. They were originally scheduled to take place in November 2020, but were brought forward after parliament was dissolved in December 2019.