Cornelius Summer

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Cornelius Sommer (born June 26, 1940 in Breslau ; † September 28, 2011 in Berlin ) was a German diplomat and language carer.

Life

He passed his Abitur in 1959 at the Humboldt Gymnasium in Düsseldorf . This was followed by a degree in philology, politics and philosophy with a final doctorate to become a Dr. phil. at the University of Tübingen . From 1966 to 1971 he was Assistant Professor of German Literature at the University of California, Davis . In 1971 he joined the Foreign Service . From 1973 to 1976 he was press and cultural advisor at the German embassy in Seoul , from 1977 to 1979 legal advisor at the German embassy in Jeddah and from 1979 to 1982 political advisor at the German embassy in Washington, DC

From 1982 to 1985 he worked in the Foreign Office as a press officer and in the political planning team. From 1985 to 1988 he was permanent representative of the ambassador and head of the economic department again in Seoul. From 1988 to 1991 he was head of the economic department at the German embassy in Rome . From 1991 to 2001 he worked again in the Foreign Office; until 1996 as head of the East Asia department, then until 1999 as embassy inspector, finally as representative for Asia and Pacific policy. In this capacity he was the federal government's negotiator during the hostage drama in the Philippines by the Muslim terrorist group Abu Sajaf . From 2001 to 2003 he was the German ambassador in Helsinki . After a special assignment in northwest Afghanistan at the end of 2003, he was the first German consul general in Kaliningrad , the former Königsberg, from 2004 until his retirement in 2005 .

Cornelius Sommer was married and had two children. He was honorary chairman of the advisory board of the German Language Foundation and in this capacity also a member of the German UNESCO Commission , as well as the representative for the House of German Language.

He also emerged with publications on German literary history and German language maintenance and was made an honorary member of the German Language Association.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Brinkbäumer, Klaus; Hogrefe, Jürgen; Ihlau, Olaf; Kremb, Jürgen; Latsch, Gunther; Mascolo, Georg; Schimmöller, Heiner: A trip to hell . The mirror . May 8, 2000. Archived from the original on October 8, 2011. Retrieved October 8, 2011.
  2. ↑ Libya says Philippine hostage crisis nearing end . CNN . August 19, 2000. Archived from the original on October 8, 2011. Retrieved October 8, 2011.
  3. ↑ Hostages to be freed 'this weekend' - Libyans . The Guardian . August 19, 2000. Archived from the original on October 8, 2011. Retrieved October 8, 2011.
  4. ↑ Finnish lessons . The time . 2002. Archived from the original on October 8, 2011. Retrieved October 8, 2011.
  5. ↑ Diplomatic breakthrough . The mirror . January 19, 2004. Archived from the original on October 8, 2011. Retrieved October 8, 2011.
  6. ↑ Kremlin blocks consul . The mirror . August 23, 2004. Archived from the original on October 8, 2011. Retrieved October 8, 2011.
  7. ↑ Kremlin disappoints Chancellor . The mirror . April 18, 2005. Archived from the original on October 8, 2011. Retrieved October 8, 2011.
  8. ^ House of the German Language . German Language Foundation . 2011. Archived from the original on June 25, 2012. Retrieved June 25, 2012.
  9. ↑ Personnel. Retrieved March 12, 2012 .
  10. ↑ Max Chrambach: Warning! Less "Denglish," more German, please . Reuters . July 27, 2010. Archived from the original on September 29, 2012. Retrieved on September 29, 2012.
  11. ↑ Andrea Schorsch: Male, female, neuter? . n-tv . February 2, 2010. Archived from the original on September 29, 2012. Retrieved on September 29, 2012.
  12. ↑ Well-known members of the German Language Association. Archived from the original on June 25, 2012 ; Retrieved June 25, 2012 .
personal data
SURNAME Sommer, Cornelius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German diplomat and language tutor
DATE OF BIRTH June 26, 1940
PLACE OF BIRTH Wroclaw
DATE OF DEATH September 28, 2011
Place of death Berlin