Herbert Merkel

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Herbert Merkel (* 1910 ; † January 7, 1967 in Rome ) was a German foreign trade official and diplomat of the GDR . He was Vice-President of the Chamber of Foreign Trade (KfA) and head of commercial agencies in Paris and Rome.

Life

Merkel was a member of the SED . In 1954 he became first deputy director in DIA -Elektrotechnik. From 1956 to 1962 he was head of the representation of the Chamber for Foreign Trade of the GDR in Paris. In February 1960 he was appointed Vice President of the Chamber for Foreign Trade of the GDR. As such, he stayed from February 8 to March 1, 1960 for exploratory talks in Havana and signed an agreement on goods and payments on February 29, 1960 with the President of the Cuban National Bank, Che Guevara . The treaty also provided for the establishment of commercial agencies for the Republic of Cuba in Berlin and the GDR in Havana. On October 28, 1964, he was re-elected as Vice-President of the Chamber of Foreign Trade.

From February 1965 until his death he was a commercial councilor and head of the representation of the Chamber for Foreign Trade of the GDR in Italy (successor to Wilhelm Knapp ). Merkel died at the age of 57. He was married.

Awards

literature

  • Walter Habel (Ed.): Who is who? The German who's who . Volume II. Arani-Verlag, Berlin-Grunewald 1965, p. 215.
  • 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. 536
  • 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. 255.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Exchange of commercial agencies GDR-Cuba . In: Neues Deutschland , March 8, 1960, p. 1.
  2. ↑ Re-elected . In: Neue Zeit , October 30, 1964, p. 1.
  3. ↑ fair reception in Rome . In: Neues Deutschland , February 3, 1965, p. 6.
  4. ^ Condolences for Herbert Merkel . In: Neues Deutschland , January 14, 1967, p. 2.
personal data
SURNAME Merkel, Herbert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German diplomat (GDR)
DATE OF BIRTH 1910
DATE OF DEATH 7th January 1967
Place of death Rome