Michael Schmidt (diplomat)
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
- ↑ Introduction à la politique étrangère du Burkina Faso , Les Presses Africaines 2008
- ↑ Bulletin of the Press and Information Office of the Federal Government , Deutscher Bundes-Verlag 1985, page 320
- ↑ a b Bulletin of the Press and Information Office of the Federal Government , Deutscher Bundes-Verlag 1994, page 624
predecessor | Office | successor |
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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 | |
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SURNAME | Schmidt, Michael |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German diplomat |
DATE OF BIRTH | June 19, 1932 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Mannheim |
DATE OF DEATH | 16th December 2019 |