Jens Petersen (diplomat)
Jens Petersen (born October 10, 1923 in Hamburg ) is a former German ambassador .
Life
Jens Petersen joined the foreign service in 1957 . From 1957 to 1959 he was Consul General in Montreal . From 1959 to 1966 and from 1970 to 1977 Petersen was employed in the Foreign Ministry in Bonn. During his tenure in Tehran , Petersen was shot at by strangers in his vehicle on February 8, 1982.
Honors
- 1983: Cross of Merit 1st Class of the Federal Republic of Germany
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
|
Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany in Port-of-Spain (Trinidad) 1963–1966 |
Ulrich Nitzschke | |
| Joseph Koenig |
Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany in Nicosia 1966–1968 |
Alexander Török |
| Hanns-Erich Haack | Head of the Representation of the Federal Republic of Germany at UNESCO in Paris 1972–1980 |
Johannes Lohse |
| Gerhard Ritzel |
Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany in Tehran 1981–1986 |
Armin Friday |
| Gerhard Fischer |
Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany in Bern 1986–1988 |
Wolfram Dufner |
Individual evidence
- ↑ Jens Petersen: Driver Hassan, the whiskey and an assassination attempt , in: Reinhard Bettzuege (Ed.): On post. Reports and memories from 50 years of German foreign policy. For the 125th anniversary of the Federal Foreign Office. Olzog, Munich and Landsberg am Lech 1996, p. 302 ff., ISBN 3-7892-7690-1
- ↑ Bulletin of the Press and Information Office of the Federal Government. Deutscher Bundes-Verlag, 1973 ( digitized version )
- ↑ Files on the foreign policy of the Federal Republic of Germany. 1972. Volume 2, Oldenbourg, Munich 2003, ISBN 3-486-56640-7 , p. 1931 ( digitized version )
- ↑ Bulletin of the Press and Information Office of the Federal Government. Deutscher Bundes-Verlag, 1986, p. 140 ( digitized version )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Petersen, Jens |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German ambassador |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 10, 1923 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hamburg |