Karl-Ulrich Müller
Karl-Ulrich Müller (born May 12, 1945 in Lindau , Kulmbach district; † January 23, 2010 near Sauðárkrókur , Iceland ) was a German physicist and diplomat.
Life
After graduating from high school in 1964 at a Karlsruhe grammar school, he studied physics at the University of Karlsruhe . He completed his training in 1970 with a degree in physics and then taught mathematics and physics at secondary schools for two years.
In 1976 he received his doctorate in Karlsruhe with a thesis on the luminescence of graduated CdsxSe1-x crystals with electron excitation and in the same year entered the preparatory service for higher foreign service . From 1978 to 1981 he was at the German embassy in Lagos . After a brief activity in the protocol department of the Foreign Office , he was employed from 1981 to 1984 in the press and politics department of the German Consulate General in New York City . From 1984 to 1987 he worked again in Bonn in the international research and technology policy department. In 1987 he came to the German embassy in Wellington as permanent representative . From 1990 to 1995 he was deputy head of the information and communication technology department at the Federal Foreign Office. This was followed by five years as head of the science department at the German embassy in Moscow . From 2000 to 2002 he worked as a consultant in the economic department of the Foreign Office with questions of global economic and technological developments and structures. From 2002 to 2007, Müller headed Division 405 (international research and technology policy) at the Federal Foreign Office. From 2007 until his death he was the German ambassador to Iceland.
Müller was probably killed in a car accident. He was found dead in his car on January 25, 2010 by the Icelandic Coast Guard about 290 kilometers north of the capital Reykjavík . Apparently he had lost the road with his car and fell into the Norðurá river near the mountain pass to the Öxnadalsheiði plateau . He leaves behind his wife and two grown children.
Web links
- CV Dr. Karl-Ulrich Müller at the German Embassy in Reykjavík, accessed on January 28, 2010
- German ambassador died. Spiegel Online, January 26, 2010
Individual evidence
- ↑ Iceland Review.com: German Ambassador to Iceland This in Car Accident. January 27, 2010
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Müller, Karl-Ulrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German physicist and diplomat |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 12, 1945 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lindau, district of Kulmbach |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 23, 2010 |
| Place of death | at Sauðárkrókur |