Jens Hanefeld

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Jens Hanefeld (born 1964) is a German diplomat. He has served as Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to the United States and Head of Mission at the German Embassy in Washington, D.C., since August 2025. Hanefeld studied modern history and English at the Free University of Berlin and graduated with a Master of Arts degree in 1990. He is married and has three children. Hanefeld joined the German Foreign Service in 1991 as an attaché. His early postings included: From 2001 to 2005, he served as private secretary to the State Secretary at the Federal Foreign Office. From 2005 to 2009, he headed the Office of the State Secretaries in Berlin. In 2009, he returned to Washington, D.C., as Minister and Deputy Chief of Mission (envoy and permanent representative) at the German Embassy, serving until 2014. From 2014 to 2024, Hanefeld was seconded from the Foreign Service to the Volkswagen Group, where he served as Senior Vice President for International, European, and Trade Policy. This secondment occurred in the aftermath of the Volkswagen emissions scandal.