Kurt Meier (diplomat)
Kurt Meier (born June 4, 1930 in Torgelow ) is a former German diplomat . He was the GDR's ambassador to Pakistan and Cyprus .
Life
After 1945 Meier initially worked in local administrative bodies. In 1951 he joined the diplomatic service of the GDR. He studied foreign policy and economics and worked at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of the GDR (MfAA). From 1968 to 1970 he was press attaché at the GDR trade agency in Vienna and then back to the MfAA as a sector manager. From 1975 to 1978 he worked as counselor in Athens and from 1978 to 1980 as counselor in Helsinki . From June 1980 to August 1984 he was ambassador of the GDR in Islamabad and from August 12, 1986 to 1990 ambassador to Nicosia .
Meier was a member of the SED .
Awards
literature
- Günther Buch: Names and dates of important people in the GDR. 4th, revised and expanded edition. Dietz, Berlin (West) / Bonn 1987, ISBN 3-8012-0121-X , p. 207.
- Gabriele Baumgartner, Dieter Hebig (Hrsg.): Biographisches Handbuch der SBZ / DDR. 1945–1990 . Volume 1: Abendroth - Lyr . KG Saur, Munich 1996, ISBN 3-598-11176-2 , p. 529.
- Siegfried Bock , Ingrid Muth , Hermann Schwiesau: The GDR foreign policy, an overview. Data, facts, people (III) . LIT Verlag Dr. W. Hopf, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-643-10559-2 , p. 332.
Individual evidence
- ^ Neues Deutschland , August 13, 1986, p. 2.
Hans Maretzki (1973–1977) | Roland Lindner (1977–1980) | Kurt Meier (1980–1984) | Hans-Joachim Rehmer (1984–1988) | Karl Fischer (1988–1990)
Kurt Merkel (1973–1975) | Karl Wildau (1975–1980) | Günter Schurath (1980–1986) | Kurt Meier (1986–1990) | Manfred Niklas (1990)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Meier, Kurt |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German diplomat, ambassador of the GDR |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 4th 1930 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Torgelow |