Günther Doberenz

Günther Doberenz (born November 25, 1923 in Chemnitz ; † 1999 ) was a German diplomat . He was the GDR's ambassador in Kuwait .

Life

The trained businessman Doberenz was called up for military service during World War II and was taken prisoner by the British .

After returning from captivity, he worked as a teacher . From 1958 to 1961 was the deputy director of the pedagogical school for kindergarten teachers in Waldenburg . In 1956 he became chairman of the working group of the German League for the United Nations in Karl-Marx-Stadt and was also a member of the League Presidium from 1956 to 1960.

In 1961, Doberenz joined the GDR diplomatic service, initially from 1961 to 1963 as a senior employee of the Southeast Asia Department in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the GDR (MfAA), responsible for Cambodia , then from 1964 to 1966 as acting head of the trade mission in Calcutta . 1967/1968 he acted as acting head of department at the Institute for International Relations of the German Academy for Political Science and Law in Potsdam-Babelsberg . In 1968/69 he worked again in the MfAA. It was 1969 at the Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg on "The American Middle East policy from 1956 to 1958" to Dr. phil. PhD . From October 1969 to 1972 he was Consul General in Sanaa in the Yemeni Arab Republic . Then he worked again as a sector manager in the MfAA. Doberenz was ambassador to Kuwait City from September 1975 to August 1982 . He then returned to the MfAA and was a scientific advisor in the Near and Middle East department .

Doberenz was a member of the SED .

Fonts (selection)

• (together with Heinz Kawretzke): The principles of peaceful coexistence in Indian foreign policy . In: German Foreign Policy , Special Issue 1 (1962), pp. 155–164.
• American Middle East Policy from 1956–1958 (dissertation, University of Halle 1969).

Awards

• Banner of Labor , Stage III (1976)

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. 49.
• 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. 126.
• Eberhard Funk: The German League for the United Nations (= Politica series , volume 25). Kovač, Hamburg 1997, ISBN 3-86064-535-8 , p. 282.
• 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. 298.