Alfred Hohl

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Alfred Reinhard Hohl (born July 28, 1930 ; † 2004 ) was a Swiss diplomat who was ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany between 1987 and 1991 .

Life

Hohl was the son of the diplomat Reinhard Hohl , who was, among other things, envoy to Czechoslovakia between 1948 and 1952 , envoy to Japan from 1952 to 1954, and most recently between 1954 and 1958 and ambassador to Austria since 1957 . He himself completed a law degree and joined the Foreign Ministry, the Federal Political Department, as a lawyer in 1963 . After he was Embassy Secretary at the Embassy in Thailand from 1970 to 1972 , he became Deputy Head of the West Section of the Political Affairs Department in the Political Department in 1972. He then acted between 1973 and 1974 as deputy head of Political Department II of the Political Directorate of the Political Department, headed by Michael Gelzer , and subsequently as Minister at the Embassy in the USA .

After that, on March 30, 1978, Hohl succeeded René Faessler as ambassador to the Soviet Union and worked there until January 19, 1982, after which Karl Fritschi became his successor. At the same time he was accredited as a representative in the Mongolian People's Republic . He then replaced Hansjörg Hess as ambassador to Yugoslavia on January 1, 1982 and stayed there until September 30, 1987. His successor was Pierre-Yves Simonin . He himself, in turn, succeeded Charles Müller as ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany on September 1, 1987 and held this office until November 16, 1991, after which Dieter Eric Chenaux-Repond became his successor there.

Most recently, on November 21, 1991, Hohl took over the post of Ambassador to Greece as the successor to Gérard Franel . He remained in this position until he retired on July 24, 1995. His successor was then Bernard de Riedmatten .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ hollow, Reinhard in the database Dodis the Diplomatic Documents of Switzerland
predecessor Office successor
Charles Muller Swiss Ambassador in Bonn
1987–1991 		Dieter Eric Chenaux-Repond
personal data
SURNAME Hohl, Alfred
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hohl, Alfred Reinhard (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss diplomat
DATE OF BIRTH July 28, 1930
DATE OF DEATH 2004