Overview

• UN member states elected Baerbock in June with 167 votes, overturning initial plans to nominate career diplomat Helga Schmid.
• In her farewell notification she used the title “Völkerrechtlerin,” drawing criticism since she lacks Germany’s state exams for a jurist title.
• Baerbock will retain her Bundestag stipend of €11,227.20 per month until her official departure on June 30.
• Andrea Lübcke, newly elected Brandenburg Greens chair, will replace Baerbock in the Bundestag.
• Her UNGA presidency formally begins with a September 9 inauguration in New York where Germany will finance her roughly €13,000 monthly salary and housing costs.