Gerhard Launicke

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Gerhard Launicke (* 1941 in Leipzig ) is a German Africanist and former diplomat . He was the GDR's ambassador in Uganda , Rwanda and Somalia .

Life

After attending high school with school-Launicke studied at the Karl Marx University in Leipzig African . He then worked there as a research assistant and was promoted to Dr. phil. PhD. In 1969 he took up a position in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the GDR (MfAA). He worked in the Africa department until 1975. From 1975 to 1978 he was second secretary at the GDR embassy in the Republic of Chad and from 1978 to 1980 deputy head of the GDR embassy in Tanzania .

From October 30, 1980 to June 1983 he was ambassador to Uganda and from May 1981 to 1983 he was second accredited to Rwanda. From 1986 to 1987 he was a sector manager in the East Africa I department of the MfAA. From October 1, 1987 to September 1990, he acted as the GDR's ambassador to Somalia (successor to Herbert Denzler ).

Launicke was a member of the SED . He is married and has one son. Launicke lives in Königs Wusterhausen .

Fonts (selection)

  • Some remarks on the social and political structure as well as on the legal and religious conditions in the feudal states of Rwanda and Urundi around the time of the colonial conquest of Africa . In: Scientific journal of the Karl Marx University Leipzig (1965), pp. 727–736.
  • On the history and social structure of the states of Rwanda and Burundi until the end of the German occupation (2 volumes). Karl Marx University Leipzig 1968 ( dissertation ).
  • The Heinrich Barth Legend of West German Neocolonialism . In: Scientific journal of the Karl Marx University Leipzig (1969), issue 3, pp. 409-418.
  • On the anti-colonial resistance of the people of Burundi and Rwanda 1897–1916 . In: Kurt Büttner, Heinrich Loth (Hrsg.): Philosophy of the conquerors and colonial reality. East Africa 1884-1918 . Berlin, Akademie-Verlag 1981, pp. 350–368.

literature

  • Günther Buch: Names and dates of important people in the GDR. 3rd, revised and expanded edition. Dietz, Berlin (West) / Bonn 1982, ISBN 3-8012-0081-7 , p. 184.
  • 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 , pp. 465-466.
  • 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. 328.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ horizont , No. 5/1981.
  2. ↑ Lilja Meyer fears for the future of the association “Wir für Eine Welt e. V. “ In: Berliner Zeitung . September 12, 1995, accessed August 4, 2015 .
personal data
SURNAME Launicke, Gerhard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Africanist and former diplomat
DATE OF BIRTH 1941
PLACE OF BIRTH Leipzig