Franz von Mentzingen
Franz Freiherr von Mentzingen (born July 6, 1932 in Menzingen ) is a former German ambassador .
Life
Franz von Mentzingen is one of the lords of Mentzingen and grew up in Istanbul , until 1945 the family returned to Hugstetten . Von Mentzingen went to school in St. Blasien and studied law in Munich and Heidelberg. He married his wife Anna Brigitte Quincke (1933–2015) in 1956 in Heidelberg. In 1957 he joined the Foreign Service . Im from Mentzingen was State Department Lecturer Counselor and representatives of Renate Finke Osiander , Head of Unit in Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Romania, Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, Albania . On March 7, 1976 he was a lecturer in the Legation Council at the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in Poland with Ambassador Hans Hellmuth Ruete .
For 39 years, von Menzingen was ambassador to Sudan, Zimbabwe, Kenya, Peru and Colombia. From 2001 to 2009 Franz von Mentzingen was the diocesan director of the Malteser Hilfsdienst in Freiburg and until 2009 deputy mayor of Hugstetten . There he is lord of the Hugstetter castle.
Individual evidence
- ^ Matthias Peter, Michael Ploetz: Files on the Foreign Policy of the Federal Republic of Germany 1976. Volume 1, Oldenbourg, Munich 2007, ISBN 978-3-486-58040-2 , ISBN 3-486-58040-X , p. 350 ( digitized version )
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Jürgen Diesel |
German ambassador in Nairobi 1988–1991 |
Bernd Mützelburg |
| John of Vacano |
German ambassador in Lima 1991–1994 |
Heribert Wöckel |
| Heribert Wöckel |
German ambassador in Bogotá 1994–1996 |
Geert-Hinrich Ahrens |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mentzingen, Franz von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Mentzingen, Franz Freiherr von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German diplomat |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 6, 1932 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Menzingen |