In the summer, the US ambassador based in Berlin departs for the American capital.
The US ambassador to Germany, Amy Gutmann, is departing from her position in Berlin this summer. She will be rejoining her husband, who also has to return to the US for professional reasons, according to Elisabeth Rosenstock-Siller, the embassy's spokeswoman.
Gutmann broke the news to both the embassy staff and the German government. She was pleased with the accomplishments her team and she had made in supporting German-American relations.
Gutmann, a former university president, assumed her post as ambassador in Berlin in February 2022. She was the first female diplomat to hold the position.
The ambassador's father was from Feuchtwangen in Franconia. He and his family escaped Nazi Germany for India in 1934 and later settled in the US, where Gutmann was born.
Before Gutmann's appointment, the embassy post in Berlin was empty after the departure of Ambassador Richard Grenell, who was appointed by former US President Donald Trump in June 2020. Grenell had been known to offend Germans with his frequent, bold statements and combative approach.
Grenell's brash remarks had often created problems in Germany during his tenure.
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Source: www.ntv.de
