Karl-Matthias Klause

Karl-Matthias Klause was appointed German General Consul in Gdańsk in September 2025. Klause is a German diplomat and historian and served in a variety of postings in Germany and abroad. Until 2025 he was Minister and Deputy Head of Mission at the German Embassy in London, from 2021-2024 Director for Germany in the Board of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) in London, from 2017-2021 Head of the Economic Department of the German Embassy in Washington, prior to that as a spokesperson in Washington, cultural attaché in London and press attaché in Warsaw. In his diplomatic career he also served on leadership and advisory positions in the Foreign Ministry in Berlin as liaison to the German Parliament, Chef de Cabinet of the deputy foreign minister, director for Central Europe or as diplomatic advisor in the Foreign Affairs Committee of the German Bundestag. He studied Medieval and Modern history, German and English Literature and Philosophy in Münster and at the Free University in Berlin. He is a certified Peace Negotiator with Swiss, Norwegian and German training. He is a member of the German Shakespeare Society of 1864 in Weimar. Klause teaches and publishes on diplomacy and international relations.