Ernst Walkowski
Ernst Walkowski (born March 22, 1931 in Teuchern ; † April 20, 2011 ) was a German diplomat . He was the GDR's ambassador to Spain , Belgium and Luxembourg .
Life
Walkowski completed an apprenticeship as a car locksmith . He became a member of the SED and worked in the state apparatus from 1949 to 1959.
He studied foreign policy at the German Academy for Political Science and Law and graduated in 1965 with a degree in political science . From 1963 to 1970 he was a member of the International Relations Department in the SED Central Committee. In February 1970 he took part together with Hermann Axen , Alfred Kurella and Egon Winkelmann on the XIX. Congress of the French Communist Party (PCF) part. It was the first time that an SED delegation was able to take part as a guest at an FKP party congress after the French President Georges Pompidou had given permission to enter the country. From 1971 to 1975 he worked as a chargé d'affaires at the commercial agency or the embassy of the GDR in Paris , 1975/76 as envoy . From 1978 to 1985 he was ambassador of the GDR in Madrid and from 1986 to 1990 in Brussels . From there he was second accredited in Luxembourg. In October 1987 he accompanied Erich Honecker on his first state visit to Belgium.
Awards
- Patriotic Order of Merit in Bronze (1974)
literature
- Günther Buch: Names and dates of important people in the GDR. 4th, revised and expanded edition. Dietz, Berlin (West) / Bonn 1987, ISBN 3-8012-0121-X , p. 339.
- Gabriele Baumgartner, Dieter Hebig (Hrsg.): Biographisches Handbuch der SBZ / DDR. 1945–1990 . Volume 2: Maassen - Zylla . KG Saur, Munich 1997, ISBN 3-598-11177-0 , p. 974.
- Siegfried Bock , Ingrid Muth , Hermann Schwiesau: The GDR foreign policy, an overview. Data, facts, people (III) . LIT Verlag Dr. W. Hopf, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-643-10559-2 , pp. 361f.
Individual evidence
- ^ Obituary notice in the Berliner Zeitung from 7./8. May 2011
- ^ Ulrich Pfeil: The “other” Franco-German relations: the GDR and France 1949–1990 . Böhlau Verlag, Cologne / Weimar, 2004, p. 265.
Peter Lorf (1973–1975) | Gerhard Korth (1977–1978) | Ernst Walkowski (1978–1986) | Harry Spindler (1986–1990)
Heinz Hoffmann (1973–1986) | Ernst Walkowski (1986–1990)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Walkowski, Ernst |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German diplomat |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 22, 1931 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Teuchern |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 20, 2011 |