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The Embassy of Luxembourg in Berlin |
Contact
Address: Klingelhöferstrasse 7, Berlin, D-10785
Tel.: (+49) 30 263 95 70
Fax:(+49) 30 263 957 27
E-mail: berlin.amb@mae.etat.lu
http://berlin.mae.lu/
The Ambassador
Sylvie Lucas
H.E. Sylvie Lucas is the distinguished Ambassador of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg to Germany, having assumed the position in August 2024. Her extensive diplomatic career spans over three decades and reflects a deep commitment to multilateral diplomacy, European affairs, and international cooperation.
Before her current posting in Berlin, Lucas served as Luxembourg's Permanent Representative to the European Union in Brussels from 2022 to 2024. Prior to that, she held the influential role of Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs in Luxembourg (2019–2022), where she coordinated major aspects of the country’s foreign policy.
From 2016 to 2019, Lucas was Luxembourg’s Ambassador to the United States of America, based in Washington, D.C., with non-resident accreditation to Canada, Mexico, Nicaragua, and El Salvador. Between 2008 and 2016, she served as Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York. During her tenure at the UN, she presided over the Economic and Social Council in 2009 and represented Luxembourg on the UN Security Council during the country's mandate in 2013–2014.
Lucas's career has also included postings as Ambassador to Portugal and Cabo Verde (2003–2004), as well as Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN in New York (1995–2000). She held senior roles within Luxembourg’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, including Director and Deputy Director for Political Affairs.
Her early career focused on political, cultural, and international economic affairs, beginning in 1990. With a deep understanding of international governance, Lucas has been a steadfast advocate for multilateralism, sustainable development, and global peace.
Academically, Ambassador Lucas holds a Master of Arts in History from the University of Human Sciences in Strasbourg (1988) and a Master of Arts in European Political and Administrative Studies from the prestigious College of Europe in Bruges (1989).
Born on June 30, 1965, Lucas is multilingual, speaking Luxembourgish, French, German, English, and Portuguese. Her linguistic skills have been an asset throughout her international assignments and continue to facilitate her diplomatic engagement in Berlin.
Ambassador Lucas brings to her role in Germany a wealth of experience in high-level diplomacy, a profound understanding of European integration, and a lifelong dedication to representing Luxembourg on the world stage.
History
The relationship between the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and Germany is very cordial from a political, economic and cultural point of view. Members of both regional governments and parliaments are in very close contact and cooperate intensively together with regard to European affairs. Currently, around 12,800 Germans live in Luxembourg and among them, many have double nationality. The cooperation area, which is also known as the “Euroregio SaarLorLuxRhine,” is founded on an agreement between the governments of the Federal Republic of Germany, the French Republic and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg on cooperation in the border regions, which was signed on October 16th, 1980 and whose main political body is the Greater Region Summit. The principal areas of cross-border cooperation are regional planning, labour mobility, civil defence, culture, tourism and transport.
