Eleonora Schmid
Eleonora Schmid (born October 11, 1939 ) is a former diplomat of the German Democratic Republic who was ambassador several times, among other things .
Life
Eleonora Schmid came from a working-class family and was a member of the SED . From 1958 she studied philology at the Humboldt University in Berlin . In 1959 she moved to the Lomonossow University in Moscow , where she graduated in 1964 with a degree in philology. In the same year she entered the service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the GDR . Between 1965 and 1967 she worked at the GDR mission in Cairo and between 1970 and 1972 the third secretary of the embassy in Guinea . In 1974 she succeeded Günther Fritsch as ambassador to Guinea and stayed there until 1978, after which Gerhard Haida took over. In 1974 she also became ambassador to Guinea-Bissau , where Kurt Roth became her successor in 1975 . At the same time from 1974 to 1978 Ambassador to Sierra Leone , and from 1975 to 1978 as ambassador to Gambia accredited . In 1978 she was awarded the Labor Banner .
In 1980 Eleonora Schmid replaced Hans Scharf, who had died in office, as ambassador to Morocco and held this post until she was replaced by Manfred Richter in 1987. She was also ambassador to Senegal between 1980 and 1987 and also as ambassador to Cape Verde from 1982 to 1987 accredited. Most recently in 1989 she succeeded Karl Ernst as the GDR's ambassador to Madagascar and stayed there until 1990.
In 2002 Eleonora Schmid became a lecturer for standard Chinese at the Technical University of Ilmenau , where she taught until 2012. Her husband Heiner Schmid also worked as a diplomat. Along with Aenne Kundermann , Eleonore Staimer and Hilde Kiermeier, she was one of four women with the rank of ambassador in the history of the GDR.
publication
- My ways across national borders. Memories of the youngest ambassador of the GDR , writings on international politics, H 21, Berlin 2008, p. 99
Web links
- From the life of an ambassador . In: Thüringer Allgemeine from November 24, 2017
- Far from home - German diplomats experience autumn 1989 (May 30, 2014)
- Adalbert Rittmüller : "Portugal shot, the GDR won, the Federal Republic lost". The role of the GDR in the severance of diplomatic relations by Guinea in 1970/71
Individual evidence
- ^ Schmid, Eleonora. In: Gabriele Baumgartner, Dieter Hebig (Hrsg.) Biographisches Handbuch der SBZ / DDR. Volume 2, Saur, Munich 1997, ISBN 3-598-11177-0 .
- ^ Ingrid Muth: Die DDR-Aussenpolitik 1949–1972: Contents, Structures, Mechanisms , p. 170, Ch. Links Verlag, 2000
Günther Fritsch (1970–1974) | Eleonora Schmid (1974–1978) | Gerhard Haida (1978–1980) | Manfred Thiede (1980–1982) | Helmut Plettner (1982–1985) | Wolfgang Kubisch (1986–1990)
Günther Fritsch (1974) | Eleonora Schmid (1974–1975) | Kurt Roth (1975–1978) | Gotthelf Schulze (1978–1981) | Manfred Seiferth (1981–1986) | Erich Meske (1986–1990)
Wilfried Kittler (1973–1978) | Hans Scharf (1978–1980) | Eleonora Schmid (1980–1987) | Manfred Richter (1987–1990)
Kurt Roth (1975–1978) | Gotthelf Schulze (1978–1981) | Eleonora Schmid (1982-1987) | Julian Hollender (1988–1990)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schmid, Eleonora |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German diplomat, ambassador of the GDR |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 11, 1939 |