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The Embassy of Brunei in Berlin

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Address: Kronenstrasse 55, 10117 Berlin, Germany

Tel.: (+49) 30 206 076 00

Fax:(+49) 30 206 076 66

E-mail: berlin.germany@mfa.gov.bn

www.brunei-embassy.de

The Ambassador

Amb. Pengiran Hajah Krtini binti Pengiran Haji Mohd Tahir

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Amb. Krtini binti Mohd Tahir has been the Ambassador of Brunei Darussalam to Germany, Austria and Switzerland since August 2020.

Krtini binti Mohd Tahir was born on June 6, 1966. She completed her education at Arab College and a bachelor's degree in economics at the University of Brunei Darussalam. In 1989, she became an official in the Political Affairs Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Brunei Darussalam, and in 1998, she transferred to the Multilateral Economic Relations Department.

In the diplomatic service, Tahir served as her country's Consul General in Kuching, Sarawak from 2016 to 2020. Appointed Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany, she presented her letter of accreditation to Frank-Walter Steinmeier on August 20, 2020. She subsequently received accreditations as non-resident Ambassador to Finland, Iceland, Austria, Norway, Poland, and Switzerland.

History

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The two countries have maintained uninterrupted diplomatic relations since Brunei gained independence in 1984. For Brunei, Germany is an important economic partner, both bilaterally and in the context of the dialogue between the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the European Union.

The Federal Chancellor’s visit to Bandar Seri Begawan in 1997 and the Sultan’s official visit to Germany in 1998, together with further visits by the Sultan in 2002 and 2011 and the Crown Prince’s trip to Germany in 2006 to attend the FIFA World Cup, have helped intensify relations between the two countries.

Bilateral trade reached an all-time high in 2011, at approximately EUR 346 million. In 2015, it stood at EUR 151 million, with German exports to Brunei accounting for EUR 150 million of this figure. German involvement in the Sultanate’s principal economic activity – oil and gas production – is indirect, through scientists and engineers. Germany’s main direct exports to Brunei are finished engineering products such as motor vehicles, electrical goods and machinery.

Since the summer of 2008, the Sultanate has been sending government-supported students to study in Germany (there are currently 20 of them enrolled at German universities). Brunei’s government currently offers graduate scholarships to young Germans, too, enabling them to study at universities in Brunei. At present, there are three German lecturers at the University Brunei Darussalam, teaching mathematics, biology and history.