Helmut Ziebart
Helmut Ziebart (born May 4, 1929 , † November 1, 2011 in Zepernick ) was a German diplomat . He was ambassador of the GDR in the SFR Yugoslavia and the ČSSR .
Life
Ziebart attended middle school and then worked as a farm worker and miner . From 1950 to 1953 he attended a workers 'and farmers' faculty and passed his Abitur there. From 1953 to 1956 he studied at the German Academy for Political Science and Law in Potsdam-Babelsberg with a degree in political science.
After completing his studies, Ziebart joined the diplomatic service of the GDR and from 1956 worked in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the GDR (MfAA) as a consultant or senior consultant in the USSR department and from 1959 to 1961 as a personal assistant to a deputy minister. From 1961 to 1964 he was Second Secretary at the Embassy in the USSR.
From 1965 to 1967 Ziebart worked as deputy head of the 1st European Department in the MfAA, which was responsible for cooperation with the USSR. From 1967 to 1968 he was head of the Warsaw Contracting States / Comecon working group and then until 1973 first deputy head and from 1968 head of the 3rd European Department, which was responsible for the countries of Southeast Europe .
From 1973 to 1977 he was the GDR's ambassador in Belgrade . From 1977 to 1980 he was head of the Soviet Union department and from 1981 to 1990 the last ambassador of the GDR in Prague .
Ziebart was a member of the SED . He was awarded the Patriotic Order of Merit in bronze (1971) and gold (1989), the Star of Friendship of Nations in silver (1985) and the GDR Medal of Merit.
Publications
- Balance of a German-Czech alternative. Concerns and results of the relations GDR-Czechoslovakia . GNN-Verlag, Stuttgart 1999, ISBN 3-9805441-3-3 .
literature
- 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 , p. 1044.
- Siegfried Bock , Ingrid Muth , Hermann Schwiesau: The GDR foreign policy, an overview. Data, facts, people (III) . LIT Verlag Dr. W. Hopf, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-643-10559-2 , p. 369.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Berliner Zeitung , 29./30. April 1989, p. 4.
- ^ Neue Zeit , October 3, 1985, p. 2.
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SURNAME | Ziebart, Helmut |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German politician (SED) and diplomat |
DATE OF BIRTH | May 4, 1929 |
DATE OF DEATH | November 1, 2011 |
Place of death | Zepernick |