Michael Schmidt (diplomat)

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Michael Schmidt (born June 19, 1932 in Mannheim ; † December 16, 2019 ) was a German diplomat .

Life

Michael Schmidt studied after graduating from high school in Konstanz law and economics at the Albert-Ludwigs-University of Freiburg . After graduating with a degree in economics, he was promoted to Dr. rer. pole. PhD. He joined the diplomatic service in the Foreign Office in 1957 and initially worked at the Bonn headquarters. This was followed by assignments abroad in Antananarivo , Madagascar (1960), Conakry , Guinea (1960–1962) and in Nairobi , Kenya (1963–1967) and activities in the Bonn headquarters of the Foreign Office.

From 1971 to 1973 Michael Schmidt was the German ambassador in Ouagadougou in Upper Volta (Burkina Faso), from 1973 to 1976 in Beirut in Lebanon , from 1976 to 1985 in Pretoria in South Africa . After heading the Africa department at the Foreign Office in Bonn, he was ambassador to Abidjan , Ivory Coast, from 1985 to 1990 . From 1990 to 1994 Schmidt was Consul General in Montreal , Canada and from 1994 to 1997 Ambassador in Colombo , Sri Lanka , and from 1996 to 1997 Ambassador to the Maldives , based in Colombo, Sri Lanka.

swell

  • Who's Who in Germany 1996, page 1507
  • Paperback of Public Life: Germany, Volume 40, Festland Verlag 1990
  • The Federal Republic of Germany State Manual: Partial edition of the Federal Government, Heymann 1995, page 100

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Introduction à la politique étrangère du Burkina Faso , Les Presses Africaines 2008
  2. ↑ Bulletin of the Press and Information Office of the Federal Government , Deutscher Bundes-Verlag 1985, page 320
  3. ↑ a b Bulletin of the Press and Information Office of the Federal Government , Deutscher Bundes-Verlag 1994, page 624
predecessor Office successor
Walter Gorenflos German ambassador to Upper Volta (Burkina Faso)
1971–1973 		Hans-Joachim Vergau
Walter Georg Nowak German ambassador to Lebanon
1973–1976 		Johann Christian Lankes
Rüdiger von Pachelbel
Erich Strätling German ambassador to South Africa
1976–1985 		Carl Lahusen
... German ambassador to the Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire)
1985–1990 		Roland Zimmermann
Klaus Max Franke German Ambassador to Sri Lanka
1994–1997 		Helmut van Edig
... German ambassador to the Maldives
1996–1997 		Helmut van Edig
personal data
SURNAME Schmidt, Michael
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German diplomat
DATE OF BIRTH June 19, 1932
PLACE OF BIRTH Mannheim
DATE OF DEATH 16th December 2019