Claus Wunderlich
Claus Wunderlich (born September 26, 1951 in Cologne , † February 23, 2012 in Frankfurt am Main ) was a German diplomat .
Life
After graduating from high school , Wunderlich did his military service in the armed forces between 1970 and 1972 and then studied political science , English and American studies . After the first state examination in 1978, he did his legal clerkship between 1979 and 1981 and after the second state examination in 1982 he joined the Foreign Service .
After taking the career test, he was employed at the embassy in Lebanon for a short period in 1984 and then from 1984 to 1987 at the permanent mission to the international organizations in Geneva . After a subsequent position in the press department at the Foreign Office in Bonn , he worked at the Embassy in the United States between 1990 and 1993 and was then deputy head of the State Secretaries' Office in the Foreign Office until 1996.
In 1996 he returned to the US embassy to work before he was head of division at the Federal Chancellery from 2001 to 2005 . Thereupon he became permanent representative of the head of the permanent mission to NATO in Brussels and thus the closest collaborator of Rüdiger Reyels , Edmund Duckwitz and Ulrich Brandenburg , who successively headed the permanent mission from 2003 to 2010. From 2008 to 2011 he was Deputy Federal Commissioner for Disarmament and Arms Control.
Since 2011, Claus Wunderlich has succeeded Rolf Peter Gottfried Schulze as ambassador in Vietnam , while Schulze became ambassador in Thailand .
Wunderlich died suddenly and unexpectedly on February 23, 2012 at the age of 60.
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wonderful, Claus |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German diplomat |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 26, 1951 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Cologne |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 23, 2012 |
| Place of death | Frankfurt am Main |