Dietmar Nickel
Dietmar Gerd Nickel is a German lawyer.
Career
Nickel studied law in Hamburg and Lausanne. After the first state examination in 1973, he worked as a research assistant at the law faculty of the University of Hamburg . In 1976 he passed the second state examination in law. Afterwards he was a lecturer at the Faculty of Law of the European University Institute in Florence. In 1978 he received his doctorate in Hamburg. jur.
From 1978 until his retirement in 2010 he was an administrative officer at the European Parliament . He held various positions: he was Deputy Secretary General of the Socialist Group in the European Parliament. From 1999 to 2003 he was Director General for Committees and Delegations and from 2004 to 2010 Director General for External Policies of the European Union.
Since the end of February 2011 he has been a non-resident Senior Fellow in the Foreign Policy research group of the Science and Politics Foundation . He is the author of numerous publications on institutional issues.
Honors
- 2012: Cross of Merit 1st Class of the Federal Republic of Germany
Web links
- Short biography at the Europa-Kolleg Hamburg
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Nickel, Dietmar |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Nickel, Dietmar Gerd (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German lawyer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 20th century |