Johann Kunz Uys
Johann Kunz Uys (born June 14, 1907 in Swellendam ; † August 2, 1978 ) was a South African ambassador .
Life
Johann Kunz Uys was the son of Pieter Hendrik de Villiers Uys. Johann Kunz Uys studied from 1925 to 1927 at the University of Stellenbosch in the subject Economics and acquired it as a bachelor , was founded in 1927 an official in the Ministry of Agriculture and entered 1928 in the foreign service of the Union of South Africa . He married Hope Bester on December 13, 1933.
From 1933 to 1937 he was an attaché in Washington, DC . In 1937 he was employed in the Foreign Ministry in Pretoria . From 1938 to May 10, 1940, in the case of Gelb , he was with Gerhardus Petrus Jooste as legation secretary at the legation of the South African Union in The Hague . In 1941 he worked in London and in 1942 in Pretoria.
From 1943 to 1947 he was consul in Elisabethville in the Belgian Congo . Between 1946 and 1949 Uys was first class embassy secretary in The Hague. From 1949 to 1953 he headed the Department of Economics and International Trade in the Foreign Ministry in Pretoria.
During his first tenure as ambassador in Bonn , students from the University of Cologne protested against racial segregation and the Sharpeville massacre in a silent march in 1960 , which is why the then university rector Theodor Kraus (* 1894; † 1973) felt the need to apologize for it.
His grave is in Centurion's main cemetery .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b eGGSA Library: Uys, Johann Kunz 1907-1978 . at www.eggsa.org (English)
- ↑ Current notes on international affairs, Volume 24 , Australia. Dept. of Foreign Affairs, Australia. Dept. of External Affairs, Dept. of Foreign Affairs., 1953
- ^ Theodor Kraus . In: Der Spiegel . No. 16 , 1960 ( online ).
| predecessor | Office | successor |
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| South African Ambassador to Canberra 1953 to 1956 |
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| William Henry Evered Poole |
List of South African ambassadors in Germany from 1957 to 1960 |
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List of South African ambassadors in Germany from 1965 to October 19, 1970 |
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| South African ambassador to Canberra from 1969 to 1972 |
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| SURNAME | Uys, Johann Kunz |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | South African ambassador |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 14, 1907 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Swellendam |
| DATE OF DEATH | 2nd August 1978 |