Horst Hahnel

Horst Hähnel (born May 21, 1932 in Neustadt an der Orla ) is a former German diplomat . He was the GDR's ambassador to Ghana , Liberia and Togo .

Life

Hähnel studied at the German Academy for Political Science and Law in Potsdam-Babelsberg with a degree in political science. In 1956 he joined the diplomatic service of the GDR. From 1960 to 1963 he was Vice Consul at the Consulate General in Cairo . From 1967 to 1971 he served as a consul and was temporarily acting head of the consulate general in Iraq . 1974/1975 he worked in the regional department of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of the GDR (MfAA). From 1976 to 1978 he was Deputy Head of the Embassy in Nigeria . From 1978 to 1981 he worked as the GDR's ambassador in Ghana and was second-accredited in Liberia and from 1979 also in Togo. In 1982 he took over the management of the Labor Department at the MfAA.

Hahnel was a member of the SED .

literature

• Günther Buch: Names and dates of important people in the GDR. 4th, revised and expanded edition. Dietz, Berlin (West) / Bonn 1987, ISBN 3-8012-0121-X , p. 102.
• Gabriele Baumgartner, Dieter Hebig (Hrsg.): Biographisches Handbuch der SBZ / DDR. 1945–1990 . Volume 1: Abendroth - Lyr . KG Saur, Munich 1996, ISBN 3-598-11176-2 , p. 272.
• 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. 309.