German Politics and the Future of German-American Relations

The ACG is having a discussion with Till Knorn, German Consul General in New York, on, “German Politics and the Future of German-American Relations.”

Till Knorn has been the German Consul General in New York since August 2024. Prior to that he served as the Chief of Protocol in the German Foreign Office (2020 to 2024) after three years as the Deputy Chief of Protocol. From 2015 to 2017, he was Head of Division, responsible for state and official visits. From 2013 to 2015, Mr. Knorn was Deputy Head of the Political Section at Germany’s Permanent Mission to the UN in New York. Other positions in the Foreign Office included two years as the Deputy Head of the Crisis Response Center in Berlin (2011 to 1013), Desk Officer responsible for the UN Security Council (2003 to 2005), and a posting to Sri Lanka as the Head of the Legal and Consular Affairs Section (2001 to 2002). From 2006 to 2011, he was seconded to the State of Hessen, where he served as the Foreign Policy Advisor to the Minister-President. Mr. Knorn began his career at PricewaterhouseCoopers in Hamburg and joined the Federal Foreign Office in 1999. He was a high school exchange student in St. Louis, MO, and is a lawyer by training.