Kurt Müller (diplomat)

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Kurt Müller (born October 23, 1921 in Elberfeld , † September 7, 2001 in Bonn ) was a German diplomat .

Life

In World War II, Mueller was an officer and fell afterwards for a short time in captivity . After his release he studied history , Romance languages and Islamic studies in Bonn between 1945 and 1950 . He did his doctorate on a Mameluke sultan from the time of the Crusades , which earned him the nickname "Mameluke Miller".

Then Müller completed the trainee service for the foreign service . For example, he got to know Ambassador Peter H. Pfeiffer . In 1950 he joined the Foreign Service. First he was sent to Damascus. As with other assignments in the Middle East, his good knowledge of the Arabic language helped him. From 1958 to 1961, Müller worked at the embassy in Karachi . He reached the rank of Legation Councilor 1st class. Between 1961 and 1964 he was assigned to the ministerial office in Bonn under the foreign ministers Heinrich von Brentano and Gerhard Schröder . After that, he was Counselor First Class and charge d'affaires in Cairo and then from 1965 to German Ambassador in Addis Ababa .

In 1969 he became ministerial conductor and head of a subdivision of the political department in Bonn.

From 1974 to early summer 1977 he was the German ambassador to Indonesia .

At the beginning of 1977 Müller took up his post as head of the cultural department of the Foreign Office with the rank of ministerial director . Müller headed the cultural department of the Foreign Office, which had a wide field to deal with and which also included institutions such as Inter Nationes , the Goethe Institute and the Übersee Institutes in Hamburg , discreetly and without loud noises.

In mid-November 1981 he succeeded Hans-Joachim Hille as ambassador in Cairo.

Müller was married.

Honors

  • Federal Cross of Merit on Ribbon (1968)
  • Federal Cross of Merit 1st Class (1978)
  • Federal Cross of Merit (1983)

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personal data
SURNAME Müller, Kurt
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German diplomat
DATE OF BIRTH October 23, 1921
PLACE OF BIRTH Elberfeld
DATE OF DEATH September 7, 2001
Place of death Bonn