Franz Blankart
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Franz André Blankart (born November 27, 1936 in Basel ; † January 17, 2021 ) was a Swiss diplomat .
Life
Franz Blankart graduated from the schools in Basel. He then studied philosophy (with Karl Jaspers ), German, art history , economics and law at the University of Basel , the Sorbonne in Paris, the University of Exeter and the University of Bern . He was a member of the Zofingia and its Central President from 1964 to 1965. In 1964 he was at the University of Basel with the work duality relation and mediation Dr. phil. PhD .
In 1965, Blankart joined the Swiss diplomatic service. First he was embassy attaché in The Hague , then private secretary to Federal Councilors Willy Spühler and Pierre Graber . Afterwards Blankart represented Switzerland's European and economic interests. Among other things, he worked for the Swiss mission to the EC in Brussels, worked for State Secretary Paul Jolles in the negotiations on the free trade agreement and negotiated the insurance agreement between Switzerland and the EC. Blankart was chief negotiator for the Uruguay Round of the GATT , and chief negotiator for Switzerland in the EEA negotiations . From 1986 until his resignation in 1998 he was State Secretary at the Federal Office for Foreign Trade (today State Secretariat for Economic Affairs ) in the Federal Department of Economic Affairs .
From 1974 to 2002 Blankart was a lecturer at the Geneva University Institute for International Studies . From 1999 to 2005 he was a member of the Basel University Council.
Franz Blankart was a member of the FDP Switzerland and a colonel in the Swiss army . He was a second marriage and had two children. Blankart was the brother of the economist Charles B. Blankart and cousin of the diplomat Heidi Tagliavini . He was Chairman of the Board of Directors of the family-owned Blankart & Cie Aktiengesellschaft .
Blankart died in January 2021 at the age of 84.
Honors
- Prize of the Landmann Foundation, Basel, for a translation of Cicero's Paradoxa stoicorum (1954)
- Dr. Friedrich von Napolski Prize (1988)
- Distinguished Associate of the Atlantic Economic Society (1990)
- Festschrift "Diplomatic Negoziation" for the 60th birthday, published by the former employee and later Swissair boss Mario Corti (1996)
- European business award (1997)
- Jubilee Medal of Charles University in Prague (1998)
- Honorary member of the Swiss Business Club, Dubai
- Prize of the industrial holding for special achievements in the field of foreign trade (1999)
- Honorary member of the Chamber of Commerce Senegal - Switzerland (1999)
- Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland (2005)
- Grand Cross of the Order of Merit "Pro Merito Melitensi" of the Sovereign Order of Malta (2017)
Web links
- Literature by and about Franz Blankart in the catalog of the German National Library
- Documents by and about Blankart, Franz in the Dodis database of Diplomatic Documents of Switzerland
Individual evidence
- ↑ Franz Blankart died at the age of 84. In: bote.ch. January 17, 2021, accessed January 17, 2021 .
- ↑ power network of Rudolf Matter: The convergence Man In: balance 13/10, July 2, 2010 accessed on 13 February 2012 found.
- ↑ Board of Directors and Management ( Memento of November 13, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Blankart & Cie, accessed on December 31, 2011.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Blankart, Franz |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Blankart, Franz André |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss diplomat |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 27, 1936 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Basel |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 17, 2021 |