Hanns Heinrich Schumacher
Hanns Heinrich Schumacher (born November 10, 1948 in Duisburg - Hamborn ) is a former German diplomat . From November 2011 to June 2014, as Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to the United Nations, he headed the German Permanent Mission in Geneva . He has been retired since June 30, 2014. From 2008-2019 he was an elected honorary member of the German UNICEF committee. For the period 2018-2021 he was appointed by UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres as an advisor to the Advisory Group of the Peacebuilding Fund.
Life
Schumacher completed a degree in political science and law , followed by a doctorate to become a Dr. iur. 1979. After joining the Foreign Service in 1977, he was employed in Israel and Trinidad and Tobago . From 1984 to 1993 he worked for ten years in the management of the Foreign Office , including as personal advisor to Hans-Dietrich Genscher , and finally from 1991 to 1993 as spokesman for the Foreign Office.
In 1993 Schumacher first became Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany in Namibia , before he was Deputy High Representative for the civilian implementation of the Dayton Peace Agreement in Sarajevo from 1997 to 1999 . Under his leadership, the State Council of Ministers was established, the state symbols (anthem, flag) were created and, after long resistance from ethnic groups, the first passport law of Bosnia-Herzegovina was passed.
From 1999 to 2003 Schumacher was the representative of the Permanent Representative of the Federal Republic to the United Nations in New York . He led the German UN Mission 2001/2002 as charge d'affaires . As negotiator for the final document of the so-called UN summit on children's rights by the heads of state and government (May 2002), he was responsible for the creation of a new, rights-oriented UNICEF action plan . From 2003 to 2007 he headed the German representation in Helsinki , from there he moved to Baghdad until August 2008 . He then became ambassador to Thailand .
Web links
- Curriculum vitae ( memento of May 20, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) on the homepage of the Permanent Mission in Geneva (accessed on May 20, 2014)
- Germany should no longer strive for a permanent seat on the UN Security Council, says diplomat Hanns Heinrich Schumacher - Deutschlandradio Kultur 2015
Individual evidence
- ↑ Note to Correspondents: Appointment of the Fifth Secretary-General's Peacebuilding Fund Advisory Group | United Nations Secretary-General. Retrieved May 6, 2018 .
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SURNAME | Schumacher, Hanns Heinrich |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German diplomat |
DATE OF BIRTH | November 10, 1948 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Hamborn |