Tjorven Bellmann has served as German Ambassador to Canada since September 2024. She will share this position with her husband – they will alternate every 8 months.

She previously held the position of Assistant Deputy Minister at the Federal Foreign Office in Berlin.

In this role, her responsibilities included bilateral relations with Canada, the United States, Ukraine, the United Kingdom, Turkey, Central Asia, the Western Balkans, EFTA ountries and Russia, as well as the G7, NATO, Arctic Policy, the EU Common Foreign and Security Policy, the OSCE and the Council of Europe.

Before, she was Director for Security Policy and served in various roles in the field of security policy, in the Press Division at the Foreign Office as well as the German Embassies in Tel Aviv and Tehran.

She has been awarded the Lithuanian Medal of Honour “Lithuanian Diplomacy Star” and the Polish award “Bene Merito”.

She studied Islamic Studies and European Political Studies.

Tjorven Bellmann is married to Matthias Lüttenberg. They have three children.

Ambassador Tjorven Bellmann and Ambassador Matthias Lüttenberg share the post on a job-sharing basis. They rotate every eight months.