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Rupert Schlegelmilch
OECD
Chair OECD Investment Committee
Description
Mr Schlegelmilch studied law and political science in Freiburg im Breisgau and Berlin. He joined the German Foreign Service in 1987 and the European Commission in 1993. From 1998 to 2003 he worked on WTO matters in the EU Delegation in Geneva.
In 2011 he became the Director in DG TRADE, for Trade in Services, Investment, Government Procurement and the protection of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR). He has been the EU’s Chief negotiator for the EU-Singapore, the EU-Ukraine, and the EU-Peru/Colombia Free Trade Agreements.
From 2016 to 2019 Mr Schlegelmilch served as the European Union’s Ambassador to the OECD and UNESCO in Paris.
Mr Schlegelmilch served as the Acting Deputy Director-General of DG TRADE 2020-2022. After his retirement in early 2024 he continues an assignment leading the EU’s Free Trade Agreement negotiations with the Mercosur countries. He chairs the OECD Investment Committee and is a visiting Professor at the College of Europe in Natolin.
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