Helmut-Wolfgang Brett

Helmut-Wolfgang Brett (born October 27, 1949 in Stetten (Kernen im Remstal) , Baden-Württemberg ) is a German diplomat and historian . He has been retired since 2015, lives at Lelkendorf Castle and works as a writer.

Ambassador Helmut Wolfgang Brett during his reception speech on the Day of German Unity 2013 in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan

Career as a diplomat

Brett was the German Ambassador to Turkmenistan from 2012 to 2015 .

After joining the Foreign Service in April 1980, Brett worked at several embassies of the Federal Republic of Germany in the USSR , Somalia , the USA , Armenia , Russia and Kazakhstan . In Germany, Brett held positions in the Federal Foreign Office, the Federal Chancellery and the Federal Press Office .

From 2001 to 2003 he was head of the Eastern Europe department in the Federal Government's Press and Information Office and from 2003 to 2005 he was head of the foreign trade department at the Foreign Office. From 2005 to 2008 he was head of the press and information department at the embassy in Moscow and was accepted into the high-ranking society of Friends of the Kremlin Museum in recognition of his cultural activities. Before being transferred to Ashgabat, he was permanent representative at the German Embassy in Astana , Kazakhstan, from 2008 to 2012 . In Turkmenistan, he initiated the annual cycle of cultural events under the motto “German Spring”.

Solemn ceremony at the Turkmen University with the awarding of the Magtymguly Medal to Helmut-Wolfgang Brett on December 13, 2014

He was awarded the Magtymguly Medal on December 13, 2014 in a solemn ceremony in the Turkmen University for services to the “research, dissemination and propaganda of the works of the classic Turkmen literature as well as for the great personal contribution to the development of friendly relations in science and education , Culture and Humanities ”.

Life

Born in 1949 in Stetten (Kernen im Remstal) , Ambassador a. D. Brett studied history, political science and geography at the University of Stuttgart after completing his military service . Then he was a teacher at grammar schools in Baden-Württemberg until he joined the Foreign Service . He speaks Russian, English and French. He is divorced and has three grown children.

Publications

• The Magtymgulys epoch / 18. Century. In: Magtymguly from a German perspective. Festschrift for the 290th birthday of the Turkmen poet. Ed. Joint. md Inst. f. Manuscripts of the AdW of Turkmenistan. Göttingen 2014, ISBN 978-3-932313-70-7 , pp. 206–229.
• Carl Hummel and the wonderful Weimar. Works by the painter from the private collection of Tete Böttger. (me contribution by Florian Illies). Göttingen 2014.

Web links

• German Embassy Turkmenistan [1] [2]
• Awarded the Magtymguly Medal by the President of Turkmenistan [3] (only in Russian)
• "German Spring" in Ashgabat [4] [5] [6] [7]
• Honorary members of the Kremlin Museum in Moscow in English and Russian
• Radio interview in Moscow [8] (only Russian)
• Permanent representative of the Embassy in Kazakhstan in Russian and English

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Website of the German representation ( Memento of the original from November 7, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
2. ↑ Ambassador Brett presented credentials in Ashgabat / Turkmenistan ( memento of the original from November 7, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ( Federal Gazette , accessed on September 10, 2012)  
3. ↑ President of Turkmenistan receives credentials from Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Germany (Homepage of the Government of Turkmenistan, accessed on September 10, 2012)
4. ↑ Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany Moscow  ( page can no longer be accessed , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Oeckl Archive 2008)  
5. ↑ The Moscow Kremlin Museums - Honorable Members of the Museum Friends Society  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as broken. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Homepage of the Moscow Kremlin Museum, English)  
6. ↑ Музей Московского Кремля - ​​Почетные члены Общества Друзей Музея  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as broken. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Homepage of the Moscow Kremlin Museum, Russian)  
7. ↑ Временный поверенный в делах ФРГ в РК В.Бретт (Homepage of the Kazakh National News Agency, Russian)
8. ↑ Charge d'Affairs of Germany to Kazakhstan (Homepage of the Kazakh national news agency, English)
9. ↑ Германская весна в Ашхабаде (German Spring in Ashgabat, homepage of the government of Turkmenistan, only in Russian)
10. ^ Carl Hummel exhibition (information portal of the German Embassy in Moscow, only in Russian)
11. ↑ Выставка немецкого художника (Russian)
12. ↑ Carl Hummel Vernissage with photos ( Memento from April 25, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) (English)
13. ↑ Awarding of the Magtymguly Medal (Homepage of the Government of Turkmenistan, only in Russian)
14. ↑ Curriculum Vitae Ambassador Brett ( Memento of the original dated November 7, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Website of the Federal Foreign Office)