Hans-Joachim Vergau
Hans-Joachim Vergau (born January 3, 1935 in Liegnitz , Liegnitz administrative district , Lower Silesia province ) is a German diplomat and legal scholar .
Career
After graduating from the Friedrich-Wilhelm-Gymnasium (Trier) in 1954 , Vergau studied law at the University of Bonn . After the legal state examination at the Higher Regional Court of Mainz, he was accepted into the Foreign Service in 1964. From 1974 to 1976 he was the German ambassador to Upper Volta and from 1995 to 2000 the German ambassador to Turkey . Further posts in the diplomatic service took him to Budapest , New York , Paris and Afghanistan .
From 2000 he was a lecturer in international law at the Free University of Berlin and at the University of Potsdam . In 1970 he received his doctorate in law from the University of Vienna . In 2007 the Academic Senate of the Free University of Berlin made him Professor of Public Law and International Law.
Honors
- 1986: Cross of Merit on Ribbon of the Federal Republic of Germany
- 1997: Great Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
Web links
- http://www.jura.fu-berlin.de/fachbereich/einrichtungen/oeffentliches-recht/lehrende/vergauh/index.html , accessed on December 21, 2014.
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Michael Schmidt |
German ambassador to Upper Volta 1974–1976 |
Klaus Schrameyer |
| Jürgen Oesterhelt |
German ambassador to Turkey 1995–2000 |
Rudolf Schmidt |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Vergau, Hans-Joachim |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German diplomat and legal scholar |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 3, 1935 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Liegnitz , District of Liegnitz , Province of Lower Silesia |