Ambassador Rainer Rudolph is Vice Chairman of the Munich Security Conference (MSC).
He is a German diplomat and was Deputy Head of Mission at the German Embassy in Vienna until 2023. Earlier, he was posted at the Permanent Representation of Germany to the European Union in Brussels and at the German Embassies in Warsaw and Washington, DC. In Berlin, he worked at the Federal Chancellery twice, including as Head of division responsible for EU external relations, EU enlargement, and Relations with EU Member states.
Rudolph graduated from Tübingen University with a degree in History and German literature. He is an Associate fellow at the German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP).
