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Conrad A. Bruch, a Luxembourg diplomat, was born on May 25th, 1960 in Luxembourg City.
After finishing the Lycée classique d'Echternach, he studied Political Science/International Relations as well as Slavic languages in Trier (Germany), where he graduated in 1988 (Magister Artium). In 1988-89, he continued his studies at the Paris Institute for Political Studies (IEP), where he took the Cycle supérieur d'Etudes soviétiques et est-européennes (as laureate) under Professor Hélène Carrère d’Encausse.
Starting in 1990, he worked in the Policy Planning Section of the Western European Union (WEU), Secretariat-General, first in London and then in Brussels, with responsibilities for communication, speechwriting, liaison for the Central European and Baltic countries and as secretary to several working groups and committees.
In early 1993, Mr. Bruch joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Luxembourg. Within the Ministry, Mr. Bruch held responsibility for security policy and then - as European Correspondent - for CFSP affairs.
As of August 1998, Mr. Bruch was seconded to the Luxembourg Embassy in Bonn and (as of August 1999) in Berlin. As Deputy Head of Mission, Mr. Bruch held responsibility for political, economic, European and cultural affairs.
On 30th September 2005, Mr. Bruch presented his credentials to H.E. Mr. Karolos Papoulias, the President of the Hellenic Republic, as Luxembourg Ambassador to Greece, with co-accreditations in the Republic of Cyprus (since 15th November 2005), Romania (since 13th December 2005) and Georgia (since 24th April 2008).
On 27th October 2010, Mr. Bruch presented his credentials to H.E. Mr. Bronisław Komorowski, President of the Republic of Poland, as Luxembourg Ambassador to Poland with co-accreditations in the Republic of Lithuania (since 25th February 2011) and in the Republic of Latvia (since 16th August 2011).
As of September 2013, Ambassador Bruch returned to the Luxembourg Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs as Director for Defence (Defence being integrated in the Luxembourg MFA) with overall responsibility for administration, human resources and policy formulation as well as budgetary and procurement decisions.
As of 1st of January 2016, Mr. Bruch became roving Ambassador for Human Rights within the Luxembourg Foreign Ministry structure.
On 13th of September 2016, Mr. Bruch presented his credentials to H.E. Mr. Andrzej Duda, Pre-sident of the Republic of Poland, as Luxembourg Ambassador to Poland, with co-accreditation in the Republic of Latvia (29 November 2016) and in the Republic of Lithuania (14 December 2016).
On the 2nd of October 2020, Mr. Bruch became Luxembourg Ambassador to Portugal by presenting his credentials to H.E. Mr. Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, President of the Portuguese Republic.
As of 19 March 2021, he also became non-resident Ambassador to the Republic of Cabo Verde.
On the 30th of August 2022, Mr. Bruch became Luxembourg’s Ambassador to Switzerland by presenting his credentials to H.E. Mr. Ignazio Cassis, President of the Swiss Confederation.
As of 15th September 2022, he also became non-resident Ambassador to the Principality of Liechtenstein.

Mr. Bruch is married to Mrs. Kathrin Pfab, a German national. They have two daughters.
Decorations and honorific titles (selection):
- Officier de l’Ordre Grand-Ducal de la Couronne de Chêne du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg (June 2013);
- Grand-Croix de l’Ordre du Phénix de la République hellénique (August 2010);
- Commandeur de l’Ordre du Mérite de la République de Pologne (May 2014);
- « Foreign Diplomat of the Year 2005 » of the Romanian daily Nine o’clock (January 2006);
- Honorary Member of the Luxembourg-Poland Chamber of Commerce (LPCC) and of the Polsko-Luksemburska Izba Gospodarcza (PLIG).
During his spare time, Mr. Bruch is a composer and writer. Under various pseudonyms, he has authored over one hundred musical compositions as well as one documentary novel, two novellas, a collection of short stories, a collection of poems and a theatrical play.