Walter J. Lindner

Walter J. Lindner is a German ex-diplomat and professional musician. He is the former State Secretary of the German Foreign Office from 2017-2019 (Foreign Ministers Sigmar Gabriel and Heiko Maas) and was Spokesman of the German Foreign Office from 2002-2006 (Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer). In his last posting before retirement, he was ambassador of Germany to India from 2019-2022 and in 2021 became first German Ambassador to the Kingdom of Bhutan. As a musician and studio-owner he has released nine records with a tenth album in the works.. He has also served in Ankara, Managua and New York, and as Head of the Foreign Ministry’s Crisis Center, as Director for African Affairs and as the ambassador to Kenya, Somalia, Burundi, Seychelles, Venezuela and South Africa, Lesotho und Swaziland. Lindner also served as Special Representative of Chancellor Angela Merkel and the German Government for the fight against Ebola (Ambassador). In March 2024 German Edition House Ullstein published his first book (with co-author Heike Wolter): “Der alte Westen und der Neue Süden - was wir von Indien lernen sollten”. Indian Edition-House Juggernaut published an English version in January 2025, ”What the West should learn from India”. Since November 2023 he is also public speaker at London Speakers Bureau. Provided by Wikipedia