Hans-Joachim Eick

Hans-Joachim Eick (born June 1, 1925 in Leipzig , † April 4, 1980 in Cape Town ) was a German ambassador .

Life

Hans-Joachim Eick's father was an officer in the Reichswehr . From 1948 to 1954, Hans-Joachim Eick studied forest science and economics in Göttingen and Zurich . From 1954 to 1957 he was assistant to the commission for international university questions. In 1957 he joined the foreign service . In 1958 he took the attaché examination. In 1959 he was accredited at the Consulate General in Amsterdam . From 1959 to 1961 Hans-Joachim Eick was at the embassy in Moscow . From 1961 he headed the Consulate General in Salisbury, Rhodesia . From 1963 to 1966 he was at the embassy in Tokyo . From 1966 to 1969 he was Jürgen Ruhfus ' deputy , as spokesman for the Foreign Office. From 1971 to 1973 Hans-Joachim Eick headed the personnel department of the Foreign Office and from 1973 to 1976 a sub-department of the Foreign Office. Then Eick was German ambassador to South Africa from 1976 to 1980.

Honors

• 1977: Cross of Merit 1st Class of the Federal Republic of Germany
• 1980: Great Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Diplomats. So brittle . In: Der Spiegel . No. 52 , 1970 ( online ).
2. ↑ Hans-Joachim Vergau: negotiate for the freedom of Namibia. The diplomatic work of the Western Contact Group. Nomos, 2006

predecessor	Office	successor
Gerd Berendonck	Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany in Phnom Penh / Cambodia 1969 to April 1969	Wolfgang Lerke (born September 24, 1942)
Wilfried Sarrazin	Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany in Kampala / Uganda 1969 to 1971	Wilhelm head
Erich Strätling	Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany in Pretoria / South Africa 1976 to April 4, 1980	Ekkehard Eickhoff