Alexander York von Wartenburg

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Alexander York von Wartenburg (born May 13, 1927 in Berlin ; † January 25, 2012 in Bonn ) was a German diplomat .

Life

He was the son of the actress Else Eckersberg from her marriage to Philipp Freiherr Schey von Koromla . After his mother was married to Count Paul Yorck von Wartenburg for the third time on May 5, 1940 , Alexander was adopted by his stepfather in 1950 , whereby the original form York was chosen for the spelling of his name .

York von Wartenburg was Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York City from 1987 to 1989 . He was then Ambassador to Portugal from 1989 until his retirement in 1992 .

He later became deputy chairman of the German Society for the United Nations (DGVN) and in this capacity was co-signer of a press release in March 2003 stating that the Iraq war could not be justified.

In May 2004 he opened an exhibition on Germany and the United Nations at the Friedrich Schiller University in Jena with a speech on the topic From Observer to Full Member, Germany's Role in the UN . He was an honorary member of the Förderkreis 1813 Wartenburg e. V. In December 2009 he was elected a member of the DGVN Presidium.

honors and awards

For his services to German-Portuguese friendship he was awarded the Merkur Prize of the German-Portuguese Chamber of Commerce and Industry and in 1990 the Portuguese Order for Merit .

Publications

  • 30 years of Germany in the United Nations , Forum Politicum Jenense, FPJ no. 16/2004

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ See Yorck von Wartenburg . In: Genealogical manual of the nobility. Count's houses. Limburg ad Lahn 1981, vol. 10.
  2. ↑ The Iraq war is politically and legally unjustifiable (press release of the DGVN, March 20, 2003)
  3. ↑ uni-protocol.de
  4. ↑ The Iron Cross as a new sight in Wartenburg ( Memento from May 25, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
  5. ^ German Society for the United Nations (DGVN): DGVN Presidium ( Memento of September 8, 2011 in the Internet Archive ), DGVN, accessed on January 31, 2012.
  6. ↑ German-Portuguese Chamber of Industry and Commerce awards the 2010 Merkur Prize to Fraunhofer (April 29, 2010)
  7. ↑ Publications of the Institute for Political Science at the Friedrich Schiller University Jena ( Memento from March 1, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
predecessor Office successor
Hans Werner Lautenschlager Permanent representative of Germany to the United Nations
1987–1989 		Hans-Otto groom
personal data
SURNAME York von Wartenburg, Alexander
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German diplomat
DATE OF BIRTH May 13, 1927
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH January 25, 2012
Place of death Bonn