Gerhard Meyer (diplomat)

Gerhard Meyer (* 13. October 1930 , † 2010 ) was a diplomat of the GDR .

Life

After training as a machine fitter, Meyer worked in the Central Council of the FDJ from 1951 . From 1961 to 1966 he studied economics at the Humboldt University in Berlin and obtained his doctorate. rer. oec. From 1966 to 1971 he worked at the Central Committee of the SED and from 1971 to 1972 deputy head of the press office at the chairman of the Council of Ministers . From 1972 to 1973 he headed the journalistic relations department in the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of the GDR (MfAA). From 1975 to 1986 he worked as an employee and later as a sector manager in the main department of Policy Issues and Planning and later as deputy head of the International Economic Organizations department at the MfAA. From 1986 to 1990 he was permanent representative to the United Nations and other international organizations in Vienna with the rank of ambassador.

Awards

• Patriotic Order of Merit in Bronze (1969)

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. 210.
• Gabriele Baumgartner, Dieter Hebig (Hrsg.): Biographisches Handbuch der SBZ / DDR. 1945–1990. Volume 2: Maassen - Zylla. KG Saur, Munich 1997, ISBN 3-598-11177-0 , p. 540.
• Siegfried Bock , Ingrid Muth , Hermann Schwiesau: GDR foreign policy. An overview. Data, facts, people (III) . LIT Verlag Dr.W.Hopf Berlin 2010, p. 334f.