Horst Becker (diplomat)
Horst Becker (born May 16, 1924 in Cologne ; † November 16, 2005 ) was a German diplomat who was temporarily ambassador to Somalia and most recently from 1985 to 1989 ambassador to New Zealand .
Life
After graduating from high school , Becker completed a law degree at the University of Hamburg , where he passed the first and second state exams. In 1953 he received his doctorate as Dr. jur. with a dissertation on the subject of intervention under international law according to the latest developments .
He then joined the foreign service in 1954 and, after completing his career examination, was employed at the headquarters of the Foreign Office in Bonn, at the embassies in the United Kingdom , South Africa and the Netherlands and at the permanent mission to NATO in Paris .
Later he was to 5 September 1977, thus nearing to hijack the aircraft "Landshut" and the liberation of the Lufthansa machine Landshut in Mogadishu in October 1977 Ambassador to Somalia . He was then given leave of absence to serve at the NATO General Secretariat before returning to the headquarters of the Foreign Office from 1980 to 1985.
Most recently, Horst Becker became Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany in New Zealand in 1985 and thus successor to Hans Alfred Steger , who became Ambassador to Bulgaria . He held the office of ambassador in Wellington until he retired in 1989 and was then replaced by Gerhard Weber .
Fonts
- Intervention under international law based on the latest developments. Dissertation, University of Hamburg 1953
Web links
- Biography , in: Gerhard Köbler : Who is who in German law (online version)
Individual evidence
- ^ Notification of death , FAZ, November 23, 2005
- ↑ Ilse Dorothee Pautsch: Files on the Foreign Policy of the Federal Republic of Germany 1977. Volume 2, Oldenbourg, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-486-58338-0 , p. 1823 ( digitized version ).
- ↑ DNB 480393540
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Becker, Horst |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German diplomat |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 16, 1924 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Cologne |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 16, 2005 |