Henning Wegener

Henning Wegener (born June 6, 1936 in Wilhelmshaven ) is a former German diplomat in the Foreign Service of the Federal Republic of Germany and was among other things ambassador in Madrid and Geneva .

Life

education

Wegener studied law at the University of Bonn and the Free University in Berlin . After the first state examination in 1958, he completed a master's degree at George Washington University , Washington, DC ( MCL 1959), and another at Yale University Law School , New Haven , Connecticut (LL.M. 1960). He also studied in 1961/1962 as a scholarship holder of the Stifterverband der deutschen Wissenschaft at the Sorbonne, Paris . He received his PhD from Yale University in 1962 as a Doctor of Juridical Science (JSD).

Professional career

In 1962 Wegener joined the Foreign Service. After various posts (including at the embassies in Jakarta and Paris), from 1974 to 1977 he was head of the economic department at the Permanent Mission of the Federal Republic of Germany to the United Nations Office in Geneva.

From 1977 to 1981, Wegener was on leave and worked as head of the office for foreign relations and head of the foreign and security policy department in the federal office of the CDU in Bonn.

In 1981 Wegener returned to the Foreign Service and until 1986 headed the delegation of the Federal Republic of Germany to the Geneva Disarmament Conference and other international disarmament bodies as ambassador . From 1986 to 1991 he was Assistant Secretary General for Political Affairs of NATO , Brussels, and thus responsible for the political area of ​​the General Secretariat of the Alliance under the Secretaries General Lord Carrington and Manfred Wörner .

From 1991 to 1995 Wegener was head of the foreign department (Ministerial Director) in the Press and Information Office of the Federal Government , then until 1999 Ambassador to the Kingdom of Spain and the Principality of Andorra.

Since the end of 1999, Dr. Henning Wegener Managing Director of the management consultancy UNKEL SL, Madrid, which he founded.

Temporary retirement in 1999

In 1999, Foreign Minister Fischer surprisingly retired Wegener. A "personnel carousel" was assumed, the post should be vacated for Joachim Bitterlich. In making this assumption, Wegener relied on an alleged statement by Wolfgang Ischinger . Wegener went to court against his release, but lost the trial. "With a top civil servant like him, 'doubts about meaningful cooperation within the framework of the government's work being persecuted are sufficient for retirement". Joschka Fischer wanted new manners: respectful, not very hierarchical. There were complaints, which also "shook political confidence". The Tagesspiegel described retirement as "politically motivated", which rarely happens.

Memberships and functions

• Wegener is a member of the board of directors of the Foundation "Education for Employment (EFE)" Europe. At the end of 2015 he took over the position of Chairman of the Board of Management of the Stichting Volkswagen Investors Claim, a non-profit company under Dutch law that represents the interests of investors in the Volkswagen Group who have been damaged by the diesel scandal and is committed to a comprehensive compensation settlement through peaceful dispute settlement.
• He is captain lieutenant d. R. a. D., member of the advisory board of the Spanish foreign policy magazine Politica Exterior and member of the Club of Rome (Spanish chapter).
• He is Chairman of the Advisory Board of Cremades & Calvo-Sotelo, Madrid and General Director of the Spanish Association for the Protection of Securities (AEMEC).
• Since 2001 he has been chairman of the Standing Working Group on Information Security of the World Federation of Scientists in Geneva. (Chairman of the Permanent Monitoring Panel on Information Security of the World Federation of Scientists, Geneva.)

Awards

Wegener has received numerous awards, including the Grand Cross of the Spanish Order Isabela la Católica .

Publications

He has written numerous publications in the fields of foreign and security policy, especially since 2001 on topics of information security (cyber security).

• The invisible enemy. In the digital space, attackers are always one step ahead of defenders. Internationale Politik 9/10, September / October 2009, pp. 48–57.

Private

Wegener is married and has a daughter.

Web links

• Third Meeting for WSIS Action Line C5: Building Confidence and Security in the Use of ICTs - Speakers
• The representations of Germany in Geneva
• Interview on his résumé

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Henning Wegener, The Yale Years, in: Beate Lindemann (Ed.) America in us. German-American Experiences and Visions, Mainz 1995 , pp. 325–336
2. ↑ See the autobiographical “Zeitzeugen” interview in: Mitgestalter Europas, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung eV Sankt Augustin / Berlin 2013, pp. 443–495, also at http://www.kas.de/upload/dokumente / 2013 / Mtgestalter_Europas / 30418_mitgestalter_europas_wegener_pdf {{Dead Link | date = 2018-04 | archivebot = 2018-04-14 15:18:51 InternetArchiveBot | url = http: //www.kas.de/upload/dokumente/2013/Mtgestalter_Europas / 30418_mitgestalter_europas_wegener_pdf}} 
3. ↑ Hendrich, Karin: Ambassador sued against dismissal: Rejected . In: Berliner-Kurier.de . ( berliner-kurier.de [accessed on April 5, 2017]).
4. ↑ Diplomatic Service: Not without my honor . ( tagesspiegel.de [accessed on April 5, 2017]).
5. ↑ Rights and Responsibilities in Cyberspace
6. ↑ The invisible enemy . In: DGAP eV August 25, 2009 ( dgap.org [accessed April 5, 2017]).

predecessor	Office	successor
Gerhard Pfeiffer	Head of the Permanent Mission of the Federal Republic of Germany at the Geneva Disarmament Conference 1982–1986	Paul Joachim von Stülpnagel
Fredo Dannenbring	Assistant Secretary General for Political Affairs of NATO 1986–1991	Gebhardt von Moltke
Hermann Huber	Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany in Madrid 1995–1999	Joachim bitterly