Michael Klepsch

Michael Otto Klepsch (* 1955 in Munich ) is a German diplomat and became the first ambassador to Equatorial Guinea in September 2010 .

Life

After graduating from the Josef-Hofmiller-Gymnasium in Freising , Klepsch studied political science , economics and philosophy . This was followed by postgraduate studies in the Spanish language , culture and history of Spain at the University of Granada .

After completing his studies, he joined the Foreign Service . After completing the career examination, he was employed at various missions abroad and at the headquarters of the Foreign Office . Between 1997 and 1998 he worked, among other things, as counselor at the Permanent Mission to the OSCE in Vienna . During a later assignment at the Foreign Office in Berlin, he gave a lecture on the European Parliament in July 2004 at the Science and Politics Foundation .

Most recently he worked at the Permanent Mission to the United Nations in Geneva , where he also took part in hearings at the UN Human Rights Council based there.

From August 17, 2011, Michael Klepsch was the first German ambassador to Equatorial Guinea after an embassy was set up in the capital Malabo in September 2010. The German ambassador to Cameroon was previously also accredited in Equatorial Guinea . The embassy there is still responsible for legal and consular matters. In August 2014, Rainer Münzel succeeded him as ambassador to Equatorial Guinea.

Publications

• On the way to a European security architecture - the contribution of the forum for security cooperation (PDF; 2.6 MB), co-author Walter Jürgen Schmid . In: OSCE Yearbook 1997, pp. 317–326

Web links

• German Embassy in Equatorial Guinea ( Memento from September 27, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
• Several ambassadors present their credentials to the President of the Republic Homepage of the Government of Equatorial Guinea, September 16, 2011

Individual evidence

1. ↑ OSCE Yearbook 1997, p.600 (PDF; 2.6 MB)
2. ↑ OSCE MEDITERRANEAN SEMINAR ON THE HUMAN DIMENSION OF SECURITY, PROMOTING DEMOCRACY AND THE RULE OF LAW , Valletta, Malta, October 19 and 20, 1998
3. ^ The European Parliament after the elections. Functions and task profiles 2004-2009 ( Memento of the original from August 16, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (aei-ecsa.de, July 2004, PDF; 32 kB) 
4. ↑ Saudi Arabia is going to test in Geneva . In: Deutsche Welle of February 12, 2009
5. ↑ COUNCIL HOLDS INTERACTIVE DIALOGUES WITH INDEPENDENT EXPERTS ON SITUATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN BURUNDI AND IN HAITI (unog.ch, June 16, 2011)  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
6. ^ The Ambassadors of Germany, South Africa and Nigeria presented their credentials to the Delegate Minister of Foreign Affairs . Homepage of the Government of Equatorial Guinea, 19 August 2011
7. ↑ L'Allemagne avance ses pions en Guinée Equatoriale. L'Allemagne nomme son premier ambassadeur avec résidence à Malabo (france-guineeequatoriale.org, 21 August 2011)