Axel Weishaupt
Axel Raimund Weishaupt (born April 23, 1945 in Lennep , † April 17, 2010 in Kinshasa ) was a German diplomat . From September 2007 until his death he was Germany's ambassador to the Democratic Republic of the Congo . He died of heart failure.
education and study
After graduating from high school, he studied law and foreign languages at the universities of Hamburg, Berlin and Strasbourg. He later completed language courses in Lourenco Marques ( Maputo / Mozambique ) and Denpasar ( Indonesia ). In 1980 the doctorate to Dr. iur. at the University of Hamburg.
Foreign service
After joining the Foreign Service in 1974, he was employed at the Consulate General in Porto Alegre ( Brazil ), at the Foreign Office in Bonn (advisor for Brazil), and at the embassies in the Soviet Union (Consul) and Poland (Consul).
After working as a lecturer at the training and education center of the Foreign Ministry in Bonn from 1985 to 1988 Weishaupt was first briefly d'affaires at the embassy in Yemen ( Aden ). He then was Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to Chad from 1988 to 1990 .
In 1990 Weishaupt became chargé d'affaires at the embassy in Sudan . From 1992 to 1996 he was chargé d'affaires at the embassy in Kazakhstan . In 1993 he was also briefly head of the coordination office in Mogadishu / Somalia .
From 1996 to 1999 he was Consul General of the Federal Republic of Germany in Karachi , Pakistan before becoming Special Inspector in the Foreign Office in Berlin in 1999 . From 2001 to 2003 he was Consul General of the Federal Republic of Germany in Saratov / Russia . From 2003 to 2004 he was head of the Herat branch of the German Embassy in Afghanistan .
From 2004 to 2007 he was Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to the Philippines . As head of the embassy, he was also accredited as ambassador to the Republic of Marshall Islands , the Federated States of Micronesia and the Republic of Palau , based in Manila. Her predecessor as ambassador was Herbert Jess . He was succeeded in this office in 2007 by Christian-Ludwig Weber-Lortsch .
Web links
- Report on the activity as a special inspector because of the "Visa affair" ( Memento of March 13, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
Individual evidence
- ↑ In Memoriam: Far traveled, but restless to the end , BZ. May 4, 2010. Retrieved May 6, 2011.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Weishaupt, Axel |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Weishaupt, Axel Raimund |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German diplomat |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 23, 1945 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lennep |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 17, 2010 |
| Place of death | Kinshasa |