Kurt Nier

Kurt Nier (November 1973)

Kurt Nier (born July 23, 1927 in Antoniwald near Gablonz an der Neisse ) is a former German diplomat and politician ( SED ). From 1973 to 1989 he was Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of the GDR .

Life

Kurt Nier (r.) Makes a statement; left the head of the permanent representation of the FRG in the GDR, Günter Gaus (November 1978).

After signing the consular agreement between the GDR and the USA (September 4, 1979): Kurt Nier (r.) And David B. Bolen , Ambassador of the USA.

Nier attended elementary , civil and commercial school and completed a commercial training in 1943/44. On April 20, 1944, like many Hitler Youths born in 1926 and 1927, he was accepted into the NSDAP . In 1944/45 he did military service in the Wehrmacht . He experienced the end of the Second World War in a hospital .

In 1945/46 he initially worked as a forest worker before moving to the Soviet Zone . In 1946 he became a member of the SED. From 1947 to 1950 he was an employee in the Wernigerode district administration . In 1950/51 he completed a short course at the German Administration Academy in Forst Zinna .

From 1951 he was an employee of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of the GDR (MfAA). From 1951 to 1955 he was the main consultant in the Asia - Africa - America department of the MfAA. In 1956 he worked at the GDR trade agency in New Delhi , 1956/57 at the GDR embassy in Budapest . From 1957 to 1959 he worked again in India. From 1960 to 1962 Nier headed the GDR consulate general in the Indonesian capital Jakarta . From 1968 to 1973 he was - with the rank of ambassador - head of the Northern Europe department at the MfAA. From 1973 to 1989 Nier was Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of the GDR, most recently responsible for Western Europe , FRG , West Berlin , USA , Canada , Australia and Japan .

Fonts

• GDR implements successful policy of peaceful coexistence . In: Deutsche Außenpolitik , vol. 21 (1976), no. 12, pp. 1765–1773.

Awards

• Patriotic Order of Merit in bronze (1972), in silver (1977)
• Medal for the Patriotic Order of Merit in Gold (1987)
• Labor Banner (1973)
• Gold Star of Friendship of Nations (1985)

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. 230.
• Sigrid Fritzlar: Nier, Kurt . In: Gabriele Baumgartner, Dieter Hebig (Hrsg.): Biographisches Handbuch der SBZ / DDR. 1945–1990 . Volume 2: Maassen - Zylla . KG Saur, Munich 1997, ISBN 3-598-11177-0 , p. 600.
• Jacqueline Boysen: The “white house” in East Berlin. The Permanent Mission of the Federal Republic to the GDR . Ch. Links Verlag, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-86153-556-0 , passim.
• Helmut Müller-Enbergs :  Nier, Kurt . In: Who was who in the GDR? 5th edition. Volume 2. Ch. Links, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-86153-561-4 .

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