Eberhard Heyken

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Eberhard Heyken (born August 23, 1935 in Ahausen ; † December 15, 2008 in Bonn ) was a German diplomat . He was the ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany in Switzerland and the Ukraine .

Youth, training and studies

Eberhard Heyken comes from a pastor's family and was the son of the Oetinger researcher Pastor Rudolf Heyken. After graduating from high school in Hanover, he studied law at the universities of Berlin and Göttingen. He received his doctorate in Göttingen in 1964.

Foreign service

In 1966 he joined the Foreign Service of the Federal Republic of Germany. Here he went through the following stations:

  • 1969–1972 Consulate General Calcutta / India, Head of Economic Service;
  • 1972–1976 Embassy Moscow / Soviet Union, domestic policy, press;
  • 1976–1980 Federal Foreign Office, Deputy Head of the Political Unit of the Soviet Union;
  • 1980–1984 Embassy Washington / USA, head of the press department;
  • 1984–1989 Foreign Office, Head of the Political Department of the Soviet Union;
  • 1989–1994 Embassy Moscow / Soviet Union, envoy, permanent representative of the ambassador;
  • 1994–1996 ambassador to Switzerland;
  • 1996–2000 ambassador to Ukraine

In 2000 Heyken retired.

Activity in Ukraine

During his work as German Ambassador to Ukraine, Heyken was particularly committed to the return of the building of the German Lutheran Church in Kiev. His further commitment was to the stray dogs.

Working for the OSCE

In 2002 he accepted a position at the OSCE as a political observer. From 2003 to 2005 he headed the OSCE office in Minsk / Belarus .

He retired for the second time in August 2005.

Private

Eberhard Heyken was involved in the German Animal Welfare Association , the German-Ukrainian Forum and several other institutions. He died in Bonn in 2008.

Publications

  • Legal questions of the housework day and similar measures in other countries. Göttingen 1964, (Göttingen, University, dissertation of July 7, 1964; topic: Working women and housework).
  • German-Ukrainian relations yesterday, today and tomorrow on the way to Europe. On the 10th anniversary of Ukraine's independence (= Konstanzer Schriften zur Sozialwissenschaft. 57). Hartung-Gorre, Konstanz 2001, ISBN 3-89649-699-9 .
  • The Pope's visit to Ukraine. In: Eastern Europe. Vol. 51, No. 9, 2001, pp. 1009-1021.
  • Difficult Relations: The OSCE and Belarus. In: OSCE Yearbook. 2007, ZDB -ID 1291358-3 , pp. 155-166 .

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predecessor Office successor
Alexander Arnot Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany in Kiev
1996–2000 		Dietmar Stüdemann
personal data
SURNAME Heyken, Eberhard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German diplomat
DATE OF BIRTH August 23, 1935
PLACE OF BIRTH Ahausen
DATE OF DEATH December 15, 2008
Place of death Bonn