Manfred Richter (diplomat)
Manfred Richter (born November 21, 1934 in Halle (Saale) ) is a former German diplomat . He was the GDR's ambassador to the People's Republic of the Congo , Madagascar and Morocco .
Life
Richter, son of a working-class family, learned the trade of machine fitter after attending elementary school (1951). He graduated from the "Walter Ulbricht" Faculty of Workers and Peasants at the Martin Luther University in Halle from 1951 to 1954 and studied political science at the Institute for International Relations in Moscow between 1954 and 1960, where he graduated as a political scientist . From 1960 Richter was employed by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of the GDR (MfAA).
In 1962/1963 he was an employee and in 1964/1965 as legation counselor, he was head of the commercial agency in Mali . From 1966 to 1968 he was again an employee of the MfAA, including deputy head of the fourth non-European department ( Africa ). From 1968 to 1970 he was again head of the commercial agency in the Malian capital Bamako as legation councilor . From 1970 to 1973 Richter was envoy and from March 1973 ambassador to Brazzaville . From 1974 to 1980 and from 1982 to 1987 he headed the North and West Africa department at the MfAA. In between he was the successor to Hans-Jürgen Weitz from June 1980 to October 1981 ambassador in Antananarivo . From October 27, 1987 to 1990 he acted as ambassador in Rabat and since March 1, 1988, second accredited in the Islamic Republic of Mauritania.
Richter had been a member of the FDJ since 1949 and a member of the SED since May 1, 1953 .
Awards
- Order Banner of Labor (1977)
- Medal of Merit of the GDR
- Medal of Merit of the National People's Army in bronze
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. 261.
- 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. 713.
- Siegfried Bock , Ingrid Muth , Hermann Schwiesau: The GDR foreign policy, an overview. Data, facts, people (III) . LIT Verlag Dr. W. Hopf, Berlin 2010, p. 345.
Individual evidence
- ↑ New GDR ambassador to Morocco accredited . In: Neues Deutschland , October 29, 1987, p. 6.
Manfred Richter (1970–1973) | Werner Dordan (1973–1979) | Horstmar Kohl (1979–1984) | Gert Reicherdt (1984–1986) | Ronald Weidemann (1986–1990)
Wilfried Kittler (1973–1978) | Hans Scharf (1978–1980) | Eleonora Schmid (1980–1987) | Manfred Richter (1987–1990)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Judge, Manfred |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German diplomat, ambassador of the GDR |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 21, 1934 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Halle (Saale) |