François Scheer

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François Scheer (born March 13, 1934 in Strasbourg ) is a French diplomat .

Life

Scheer studied law, economics and political science at the École nationale d'administration in France . He entered the French diplomatic service and was second secretary of the embassy in Algeria from 1962 . From 1964 to 1967 he worked in the Directorate for Economics and Finance. From 1967 to 1971 he went to Tokyo , where he worked in the field of culture. He then became Deputy Director of Budget and Finance until he came to Mozambique as the French Ambassador in 1976 . As early as 1977 he took on the role of deputy permanent representative of France to the European Community . In 1979 he became Chief of Staff to the President of the European Parliament , Simone Veil . From 1981 he worked for the French Foreign Minister Claude Cheysson . Scheer was the French ambassador to Algeria from 1984 to 1986 and then represented France to the European Community from 1986 to 1988.

From 1988 to 1992 he was Secretary General of the French Foreign Ministry. In this function he met on November 14, 1989 with the then ambassador of the GDR to France, Alfred Marter . In this conversation, as François Mitterrand's position on the question of German unity , he is said to have communicated that France would not oppose it as long as it was democratic, within guaranteed limits and in consultation with the Four Powers. In 1992 and 1993 he was deployed to the European Community again.

Scheer was the French ambassador to Germany from November 24, 1993. His successor Claude Martin replaced him on April 1, 1999. In 1994, in a background discussion, he expressed himself critical of the course of the German federal government under Helmut Kohl , feared that Germany would dominate the European Union and complained that the federal government was addicted to big men. The statements became public and caused diplomatic resentment. Kohl was outraged and had Scheer summoned to the Foreign Office , which is unusual for countries that are close friends .

Scheer campaigned for a revival of the Franco-German partnership during his tenure.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Affaires étrangères François Scheer of May 7, 1992 on www.lesechos.fr (French)
  2. ↑ CV on www.iep-strasbourg.fr (French)
  3. ↑ Hans-Hagen Bremer, The day on which France reveals its wall secrets in the Potsdamer Neuesten Nachrichten of November 6, 2009
  4. ↑ CV on www.iep-strasbourg.fr (French)
  5. ↑ Ambassador to Germany since 1955 on de.ambafrance.org
  6. ↑ Wolfgang Proissl, A friend gets scared on www.zeit.de from March 11, 1999
  7. ↑ France Yearbook 2012: Franco-German Relations: Lines of Development and Functional Change , Franco-German Institute, Springer-Verlag 2013, page 70
personal data
SURNAME Scheer, François
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French diplomat
DATE OF BIRTH March 13, 1934
PLACE OF BIRTH Strasbourg