Rafe Courage

Biography

Rafe was appointed Her Majesty’s Consul-General in Dusseldorf in July 2017. His area of responsibility covers North-Rhine Westphalia, Hesse, Rhineland Palatinate and Saarland.

Rafe and his team promote UK exports to Germany, German investment in the UK; and provide consular assistance to British Nationals.

Rafe joined the Diplomatic Service in 1986. He has experience of working on a wide range of topics, including commercial diplomacy; communications; immigration; political and economical.

Rafe has done a number of postings in Belgium, Pakistan, Turkey and the USA. This is his first posting in Germany.

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Previous roles in government

  • British Consul-General, Düsseldorf