Ambassador ( ret. ) Martin Erdmann is a German career diplomat. He joined the Foreign Service in 1982 and held multiple positions both in the Foreign Office and abroad, i.a.

• Spokesman of the German Foreign Office – “Foreign Ministry “  ( 1995-1999 )
• Assistant Secretary General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (Nato ) (2005-2010 )
• Permanent Representative of Germany on the North Atlantic Council (  “ Nato-Ambassador “ )    (2010-2015)
• German Ambassador to the Republic of Turkey  ( 2015-2020 )

He retired in 2020 . Since then he publishes articles on security policy issues  and offers lectures.