Harry Ott
Harry Ott (born October 15, 1933 in Chemnitz , † June 24, 2005 in Prieros ) was a German diplomat. From 1974 to 1981 he was the GDR's ambassador to the Soviet Union , from 1982 to 1988 permanent representative of the GDR to the United Nations and deputy foreign minister .
Life
The son of a weaver family grew up in the Chemnitz district of Kappel . From 1940 to 1948 he attended elementary school there .
After the war, he co-founded an Antifa youth group in Kappel in 1945. In 1948 he switched to a high school in Chemnitz and graduated from high school in 1952. In 1952 he became a member of the SED and studied economics at the Karl Marx University in Leipzig . In 1953 Ott was delegated to study at the State Institute for International Relations in Moscow . In 1959 he graduated with a degree in political science.
After his return to the GDR, he began working in the GDR Ministry for Foreign Affairs (MfAA). Until 1966 he worked as a speaker, instructor and sector manager at the MfAA. He then worked from February 23, 1966 as deputy head of the International Relations Department of the SED Central Committee . At the 8th party congress of the SED in June 1971 he was elected a member of the Central Revision Commission.
In March 1974 he switched to the diplomatic service of the GDR and was appointed ambassador of the GDR to the USSR as the successor to Horst Bittner . Ott held this post with the GDR's most important ally until January 1981. Since May 1976 he was a member of the Central Committee of the SED (re-elected in 1981 and 1986).
From February 1, 1982 to September 1988, he was the permanent representative of the GDR to the United Nations in New York. At the same time, Ott also held the post of Deputy Foreign Minister from 1982, which he held until the end of the Modrow government. After the fall of the Berlin Wall, Ott became involved as a speaker in the Society for the Protection of Civil Rights and Human Dignity eV Until shortly before his death, he took on honors and gave lectures there. He also advised companies that wanted to enter the Russian market.
He was married to Anita Ott and has two children (Tamara Ott and Gerald Ott).
Awards
- 1969 Patriotic Order of Merit in bronze, 1973 in silver and 1983 in gold
- 1970 Lenin Medal of the USSR
- 1979 Order Banner of Labor Level I
- 1980 Order of Friendship of Peoples of the USSR
- 1983 Karl Marx Order
- 1988 Order of the Star of Friendship of Nations in silver
literature
- Gareth M. Winrow: The Foreign Policy of the GDR in Africa. 1990, ISBN 0521380383 , p. 210.
- Helmut Müller-Enbergs : Ott, Harry . In: Who was who in the GDR? 5th edition. Volume 2. Ch. Links, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-86153-561-4 .
- Who was who - GDR. A biographical lexicon. Edited by Jochen Czerny , 2nd edition, Links, Berlin 1992, ISBN 3-86153-042-2 .
- Andreas Herbst (eds.), Winfried Ranke, Jürgen Winkler: This is how the GDR worked. Volume 3: Lexicon of functionaries (= rororo manual. Vol. 6350). Rowohlt, Reinbek bei Hamburg 1994, ISBN 3-499-16350-0 , p. 251.
- 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 , pp. 619-620.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Neues Deutschland from January 8, 1981 about his departure and his distinction in Moscow
Rudolf Appelt (1949–1955) | Johannes König (1955–1959) | Rudolf Dölling (1959–1965) | Horst Bittner (1965–1974) | Harry Ott (1974–1981) | Egon Winkelmann (1981–1987) | Gerd König (1987–1990)
Horst Grunert (1972/73; Head of the Permanent Observer Mission ) | Peter Florin (1973–1982) | Harry Ott (1982–1988) | Siegfried Zachmann (1988–1990)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ott, Harry |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German diplomat, ambassador of the GDR, GDR representative at the United Nations and deputy foreign minister |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 15, 1933 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Chemnitz |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 24, 2005 |
| Place of death | Prieros |