Jürgen Kleiner
Bernhard Jürgen Kleiner (born November 16, 1933 in Marburg ) is a former German diplomat and university professor who was Ambassador to South Korea from 1985 to 1992 , Ambassador to Nigeria between 1992 and 1995 , and most recently from 1995 to 1998 Ambassador to Pakistan and then between 1999 and 2004 professor of international relations at Boston University .
Life
Kleiner studied law at the Johann-Wolfgang-Goethe University in Frankfurt, the University of Cologne and the Philipps University in Marburg . After completing the legal clerkship , he passed the second state examination in law in 1964.
In 1964 Kleiner began the preparatory service for the higher foreign service and after its completion in 1966 worked at various missions abroad and at the headquarters of the Foreign Office in the then federal capital Bonn . His assignments abroad were at the German Mission to the United Nations in New York, as well as the embassies in Oslo, Seoul and Budapest. Kleiner also worked in the cultural, political and central departments of the Foreign Office in Bonn.
In 1985 he became ambassador to South Korea and remained at this post until 1992. He then became ambassador to Nigeria in 1992 and held this position until he was replaced by Johannes Lohse in 1995. Most recently, in 1995, he succeeded Alfred Vestring as Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany in Pakistan and remained in this position until he retired in 1998.
In 1999, Kleiner took over a professorship in international relations at the Frederick S. Pardee School for Global Studies at Boston University, where he taught until his retirement in 2004. In 2006, Boston University promoted him to Professor Emeritus.
honors and awards
- Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav
- Diplomatic Order of Merit of the Republic of Korea
- Federal Cross of Merit on Ribbon (1986)
- Federal Cross of Merit, First Class (1999)
- Honorary doctorate in law from Korea University in Seoul (1986)
Publications
- Paul Georg von Möllendorff: A Prussian in Korean service , in: Journal of the German Oriental Society, Volume 133, Issue 2 1983.
- Korea: Considerations about a distant country , Frankfurt am Main 1980, ISBN 3-88323-163-0
- Korea: On a stony path , Berlin 1992, ISBN 3-89158-059-2
- Korea: A Century of Change , Singapore 2001, ISBN 981-02-4657-9
- Diplomatic Practice Between Tradition and Innovation , Singapore 2010, ISBN 978-981-4271-24-0
- The Permanence of Diplomacy. Studies of US Relations with Korea, Pakistan and Afghanistan , Singapore 2016, ISBN 981-4733-36-9
Web links
- Biography. In: Gerhard Köbler : Who is who in German law , p. 310 (online version)
- Biography on the Boston University homepage
Individual evidence
- ↑ The miracle is distributed. South Korea's poorly paid workers are demanding their share of the wealth . In: Die Zeit of December 18, 1987
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Little one, Jürgen |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German diplomat |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 16, 1933 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Marburg |