Harald Heimsoeth

Harald Heimsoeth (born October 3, 1916 in Ludwigsburg ; † August 5, 2007 in Berlin ) was a German diplomat .

Life

Harald Heimsoeth did military service in the Wehrmacht in 1935 and 1936 . He studied law , economics and political science . In 1939 he was called up for military service, but was able to take an emergency state examination at the beginning of the war. Harald Heimsoeth returned from captivity in 1949 and joined the Foreign Service in 1951 . He held posts in India (1953–1956), Bonn (1956–1959), in New York at the UN (1960–1965), Indonesia (1965–1968), Brussels , Belgium (1968–1971). From 1971 to autumn 1973 Heimsoeth headed Group 23 (United Nations) in the Foreign Office, as well as the United Nations unit and its specialized agencies. In 1973 he became Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany in Nairobi , Kenya , where he stayed until 1979. In 1979 he was accredited as ambassador to Sofia , Bulgaria , after which he retired. In his retirement he played a key role in setting up and developing the newly founded Senior Expert Service , where he headed the project department for many years. Until his death he worked in the Kyril and Method Foundation .

Harald Heimsoeth was a son of the philosopher Heinz Heimsoeth . He was with Christa-Maria Heimsoeth, geb. Stumpff, married and had two children, including Hans-Jürgen Heimsoeth , German ambassador to Sweden since 2016 . One of Harald Heimsoeth's uncle was Rudolf Heimsoeth , from 1926 on the supervisory board of Chiffriermaschinen AG and from 1934 partner of the cipher machine company Heimsoeth & Rinke, producer of Enigma .

Web links

Literature by and about Harald Heimsoeth in the catalog of the German National Library

Individual evidence

↑ Bulletin of the Press and Information Office of the Federal Government

predecessor	Office	successor
Jürgen Ruhfus	Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany in Nairobi 1973–1979	Horst Becker
	Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to the Seychelles 1976	Cornelius Summer
Heinz Dietrich Stoecker	Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany in Sofia 1979–1981	Joseph J. Thomas

personal data
SURNAME	Heimsoeth, Harald
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German ambassador
DATE OF BIRTH	October 3, 1916
PLACE OF BIRTH	Ludwigsburg
DATE OF DEATH	August 5, 2007
Place of death	Berlin

[1] Bulletin of the Press and Information Office of the Federal Government