Günter Kämmler
Günter Kämmler (born October 23, 1926 in Dittmannsdorf , Waldenburg district , Lower Silesia province ) is a former German diplomat . He was head of the GDR Chamber of Commerce in Austria .
Life
Before 1966, Kämmler worked as a specialist consultant and from 1966 as director general in the Ministry for Foreign Trade and Internal German Trade and from 1967 in the Ministry for Foreign Trade of the GDR. From 1969 to 1973 he headed the GDR trade agency , first as legation counselor , then as extraordinary envoy and plenipotentiary minister, and finally, as ad interim agent, the GDR embassy in Vienna . From 1973 to 1975 he was then deputy general director, from 1975 to 1986 general director of the foreign trade company Holz und Papier-Export-Import, Berlin.
Kämmler was a member of the SED .
Awards
- Patriotic Order of Merit in Bronze (1972)
- Patriotic Order of Merit in Silver (1977)
literature
- Austria / GDR relationship. The flag is blowing. In: Der Spiegel . No. 14 , 1970, pp. 142 f . ( online ).
- Günther Buch: Names and dates of important people in the GDR. 2nd, revised and expanded edition. Dietz, Berlin (West) / Bonn 1979, ISBN 3-8012-0034-5 , p. 142.
- Hella Karden: Kämmler, Günter . In: Gabriele Baumgartner, Dieter Hebig (Hrsg.): Biographisches Handbuch der SBZ / DDR. 1945–1990 . Volume 1: Abendroth - Lyr . KG Saur, Munich 1996, ISBN 3-598-11176-2 , p. 373.
- 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 , p. 271.
Individual evidence
- ^ New Germany of January 31, 1973.
- ^ New Germany of March 1, 1977.
- ↑ Neues Deutschland, October 6, 1972, p. 5
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kämmler, Günter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German diplomat, head of KV in Vienna |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 23, 1926 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dittmannsdorf , District of Waldenburg (Schles), Province of Lower Silesia |