Michael Georg Link
Michael Georg Link | |
|---|---|
Link in 2014 | |
| Minister of State in the Federal Foreign Office with Cornelia Pieper | |
| In office 2012–2013 | |
| Preceded by | Werner Hoyer |
| Succeeded by | Michael Roth |
| Member of the Bundestag | |
| In office 2005–2013 | |
| In office 2017–2025 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 6 February 1963 Heilbronn, Baden-Württemberg, West Germany (now Germany) |
| Political party | Free Democratic Party |
| Alma mater | |
Michael Georg Link (born 6 February 1963) is a German politician of the Free Democratic Party (FDP) who has served a member of the Bundestag from 2005 to 2013 and again since 2017.
In addition to his parliamentary mandate, Link served as First Deputy Foreign Minister (Minister of State for Europe) in the government of Chancellor Angela Merkel from 2012 to 2013 and as the Coordinator of Transatlantic Cooperation at the Federal Foreign Office in the coalition government of Chancellor Olaf Scholz from 2022 to 2024. He was the Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) from July 2014 to June 2017.