Gerhard Haida
Gerhard Haida (born September 9, 1937 in Dessau ; † January 20, 2014 ) was a German diplomat from the GDR . He was the GDR's ambassador to numerous African countries.
Life
Haida passed his Abitur in Karl-Marx-Stadt in 1955 and then studied foreign policy at the German Academy for Political Science and Law in Potsdam-Babelsberg until 1960 .
From 1960 he belonged to the diplomatic service of the GDR and worked for the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of the GDR (MfAA). Foreign assignments took him to representations of the GDR in Moscow (1963), Algiers (1964), Damascus (1965 to 1969 Vice Consul and Cultural Attaché ) and Tunis (1973 to 1976 managing director and first secretary at the embassy). Between the missions he worked in the Arab States and Africa departments of the MfAA. From 1976 to 1978 he completed postgraduate studies at the Diplomatic Academy of the Soviet Foreign Ministry. From 1978 to 1980 he was ambassador of the GDR in Guinea , 1979/80 also in Gambia and Sierra Leone , from 1985 to 1988 ambassador in Nigeria and from 1986 also in Ivory Coast . From 1988 to 1990 he was finally ambassador to the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria .
Haida was a member of the SED .
After 1990 Haida worked as a chauffeur for rental cars and also as a city guide in Berlin and Potsdam in French, English, Russian and German. In 2002 he retired. He last lived in Fredersdorf-Vogelsdorf near Berlin.
Fonts
- One day in Lagos. Based on the memories of a GDR diplomat . BS-Verlag, Rostock 2007, ISBN 978-3-86785-005-6 .
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. 104.
- 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. 273.
- 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 , passim.
Web links
- Short biography on the website of BS-Verlag
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bad Business , Der Spiegel, November 29, 1993
Günther Fritsch (1970–1974) | Eleonora Schmid (1974–1978) | Gerhard Haida (1978–1980) | Manfred Thiede (1980–1982) | Helmut Plettner (1982–1985) | Wolfgang Kubisch (1986–1990)
Siegfried Kämpf (1970–1974) | Karl-Heinz Vesper (1974–1979) | Edgar Röder (1979–1983) | Manfred Thiede (1983–1988) | Gerhard Haida (1988–1990)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Haida, Gerhard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German diplomat, ambassador of the GDR |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 9, 1937 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dessau |
| DATE OF DEATH | 20th January 2014 |