Alexander Graf Lambsdorff

Alexander Sebastian Léonce Freiherr von der Wenge Graf Lambsdorff (born 5 November 1966), commonly known as Alexander Graf Lambsdorff is a German politician of the Free Democratic Party of Germany (FDP), part of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe, who has been serving as the German ambassador to Russia since 2023. Previously, Lambsdorff served as a Member of the Bundestag (MP) from 2017 to 2023 and as Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 2004 to 2017. A member of the former noble Lambsdorff family, his name reflects an Imperial Russian comital title. Early life and education Lambsdorff grew up in Hamburg, Brussels, and Bonn, attending the Catholic Academic High School Aloisiuskolleg at Bonn-Bad Godesberg until 1985, before going up to the University of Bonn.