Christel Steffler

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Christel Steffler (born July 30, 1930 in Neustettin ) is a former German diplomat who was ambassador to Tanzania and Bulgaria .

Life

Christel Steffler completed a degree after graduating from high school . After entering the foreign service and completing the career test for the higher service, she found employment at the headquarters of the Foreign Office in Bonn and at missions abroad .

In 1967 Christel Steffler was Deputy Head of the Soviet Union Department in the Foreign Office and as such a representative of Head of Department Alfred Blumenfeld . During this time she dealt, among other things, with the possible intervention of the Soviet Union during the six-day war between Israel and the Arab states of Egypt , Jordan and Syria in June 1967. In the mid-1970s she was a consultant at the Foreign Office and dealt with questions of German French relations . In 1981 she was first class counselor in the Foreign Office and in April 1982 took part in a conference of the Aspen Institute on the position of Italy in world politics.

From 1984 to 1991 she was ambassador to Tanzania and in this capacity she also took part in the funeral ceremonies for Bernhard Grzimek on May 26, 1987 , whose urn was buried at the Ngorongoro crater.

In 1991 Christel Steffler became ambassador to Bulgaria, successor to Karl Walter Lewalter , who in turn became ambassador to Indonesia . During this time she also dealt with the situation at the Bulgarian state borders during the Cold War . She held the post of ambassador in Bulgaria until she was retired in 1995 and was then replaced by Peter Metzger .

Christel Steffler was also involved in the board of trustees of the German-Bulgarian Forum.

Background literature

  • Christel Steffler: "It will not be an easy job" , p. 139, in: Ursula Müller, Christiane Scheidemann: Gewandt, sent and sent: Women in the diplomatic service , ISBN 3-7892-8041-0 , Munich 2000
  • Rumjana Taslakowa: 20 years of change - viewed by contemporary witnesses: Bulgaria on the move , ISBN 978-954-321-635-2 , Sofia 2010

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Isabella Ginor, Gideon Remez: Foxbats Over Dimona: The Soviets' Nuclear Gamble in the Six-Day War , p. 164, ISBN 0-30013-5-041 , 2008
  2. ^ Daniel Möckli: European Foreign Policy During the Cold War: Heath, Brandt, Pompidou and the Short Dream of Political Unity , p. 436, ISBN 0-85771-245-4 , 2008
  3. ↑ CONFERENCE ON Italy Today: An Assessment of Domestic Conditions and Its Role in World Affairs , April 18-21, 1982  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / archive.aspeninstitute.de  
  4. ↑ Claudia Sewig: The man who loved animals: Bernhard Grzimek: Biography , p. 288, ISBN 3-78572-367-9 , 2009
  5. ↑ Stefan Appelius: A thousand per fatal shot
  6. ↑ Homepage of the GERMAN-BULGARIAN FORUM eV
  7. ↑ Ursula Müller, Christiane Scheidemann (table of contents)
  8. ↑ Christova, Christiana: Review of: Roumiana Taslakowa (ed.), 20 years of change - viewed by contemporary witnesses. Bulgaria on the move, Sofia: Iztok-Zapad, 2010, in: Südosteuropa, 59 (2011), volume 4
personal data
SURNAME Steffler, Christel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German diplomat
DATE OF BIRTH July 30, 1930
PLACE OF BIRTH Neustettin