Otto Soltmann
Otto Soltmann (born May 23, 1913 in Koblenz ; † September 10, 2001 ) was a German diplomat, most recently with the rank of ambassador .
Life
Otto Soltmann was the son of Ilse Heydweiller († 1972) and the officer Otto Soltmann († 1916). He attended the Arndt-Gymnasium in Berlin-Dahlem and the Fridericianum Davos . From 1936 to 1937 he was a player in the Berlin ice skating club , the reigning German ice hockey champion at the time .
Soltmann studied law at the University of Berlin and in Rostock and received his doctorate in law in 1940 with the subject of "Sport and Tax" . He completed his legal clerkship at the Ribnitz District Court and the Berlin Regional Court . In 1939 he was drafted into the Wehrmacht . In 1946 he returned from captivity and was employed by the Bremen Economic Administration. In 1947 he was in the office for Hschw. employed in Bremerhaven.
In 1949 he married Margaret Oakleigh-Walker († 2014); with whom he had two daughters.
From 1948 to 1952 Soltmann worked in the presidential chancellery of the Bremen Senate. In 1952 he entered the service of the Foreign Office . From 1958 to 1961 he was consul in Seattle and from 1961 to 1963 ambassador to Brazzaville .
From 1963 to 1967 Soltmann led the diplomatic mission in Nairobi , where he was appointed ambassador 1964th From 1970 to 1974 he had exequatur as consul general in Bombay with the administrative district of Maharashtra , Madhya Pradesh , Gujarat, Rajasthan, Union Territory of Goa, Daman. From 1974 to 1978 he was ambassador to Wellington and at the same time accredited to Suva .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Otto Soltmann: Sport and Tax: The tax exemption of clubs and organizations in the field of physical exercise from the point of view of charitable status . Seestadt Rostock 1940 ( dnb.de [accessed January 4, 2019]).
- ↑ Tobias C. Bringmann : Handbuch der Diplomatie, 1815-1963: Foreign Heads of Mission in Germany and German Heads of Mission abroad from Metternich to Adenauer. KG Saur, Munich 2001, p. 84 ( online)
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Heinrich Sartorius |
German ambassador in Brazzaville 1961 to 1963 |
Jakob Hasslacher |
| Herbert von Stackelberg |
German ambassador in Nairobi 1963 to 1967 |
Hans Ulrich von Schweinitz |
| Eckard Briest |
German ambassador in Wellington 1974 to 1978 |
Karl Döring |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Soltmann, Otto |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German ambassador |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 23, 1913 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Koblenz |
| DATE OF DEATH | after 1978 |