Günther Schlegelberger

Günther Schlegelberger (born September 29, 1909 in Berlin ; † March 23, 1974 in Panama City ) was a German diplomat .

Life

His father was Franz Schlegelberger , his brother was Hartwig Schlegelberger . He turned on his Fichte Gymnasium Berlin High School , studied history , economics , philosophy and jurisprudence at the Humboldt University of Berlin . In 1935 he was with the theme The Princess Dashkova, a biographical study of the history of Catherine II. Dr. phil. PhD . From 1937 to 1939 he studied in Budapest at the Loránd Eötvös University . From 1940 to 1942 he worked as a research assistant in the Foreign Ministry of Joachim von Ribbentrop . From 1943 to 1945 he was in the Wehrmacht .

In 1951 Schlegelberger was taken back into the foreign service. From 1955 he headed the cultural department of the Foreign Office. From 1958 to 1963 he was Consul General in Kobe . From 1965 to 1968, as Counselor First Class, he was the permanent representative of the Ambassador in Rio de Janeiro . From 1968 to 1971 he was the permanent representative of the ambassador in Bern .

literature

• Biographical manual of the German Foreign Service 1871–1945. Volume 4: p . Published by the Foreign Office, Historical Service, edited by: Bernd Isphording, Gerhard Keiper, Martin Kröger. Schöningh, Paderborn u. a. 2012, ISBN 978-3-506-71843-3

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Foreign Office: The steadfast goat . In: Der Spiegel . No. 13 , 1958 ( online ).

predecessor	Office	successor
Friedrich Leopold Freiherr von Fürstenberg	Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany in Manila / Philippines June 1963–1964	Franz Ferring
York Alexander von Wendland	Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to Vietnam June 1964 – November 1965	Hasso Rüdt from Collenberg
Kajus Köster	Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany in Panama 1971–1974	Adolf Ederer