Peter Dietze
Peter Dietze (born June 6, 1936 in Halle (Saale) ; † December 12, 2011 in Berlin ) was a diplomat of the German Democratic Republic (GDR). From 1988 to 1990 he was the permanent representative of the GDR at the headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva .
Life
Dietze, the son of a forester and electrician , started an apprenticeship as a gardener after primary school and became a forest worker . In 1957 he joined the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED). In 1957/58 he completed further training as a skilled forest worker in Wippra and then studied until 1959 at the "Edwin Hoernle" technical school for crop protection in Halle.
From 1959 to 1961 Dietze was employed as a forester and department head for forestry and hunting at the council of the Querfurt district and then until 1966 as a personal assistant to the chairman of the council of Querfurt.
From 1967 to 1971 Dietze studied at the German Academy for State and Law (DASR) in Potsdam and obtained a diploma in political science . After studying research , he received his doctorate in 1973 .
In the same year Dietze became a political employee in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the GDR and from 1979 was head of the department for international economic organizations with the rank of ambassador . Dietze was one of the four Vice Presidents of the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations (ECOSOC) in the 1980s .
From October 3, 1988 until German reunification in 1990, Dietze was the permanent representative of the GDR at the headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva.
Fonts (selection)
- (together with Wolfgang Spröte): On the disputes in the UN about the realization of the tasks and goals of the second development decade . In: Deutsche Außenpolitik (1972), No. 6, pp. 1174–1186.
- The disputes over an international development strategy for the second UN development decade as part of the political-ideological struggle between socialism and imperialism in the UN system . DASR, Institute for International Relations, Potsdam 1973 (Dissertation A).
literature
- Andreas Herbst : Peter Dietze . In: Who was who in the GDR? 5th edition. Volume 2. Ch. Links, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-86153-561-4 .
- Günther Buch: Names and dates of important people in the GDR. 2nd, revised and expanded edition. Dietz, Berlin (West) / Bonn 1979, ISBN 3-8012-0034-5 .
- 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 .
- Siegfried Bock, Ingrid Muth, Hermann Schwiesau: The GDR foreign policy, an overview. Data, facts, people (III) . LIT Verlag Dr. W. Hopf, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-643-10559-2 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Berliner Zeitung of December 24, 2011
- ^ New Germany of July 7, 1983
- ↑ Berliner Zeitung of October 4, 1988
- ↑ Peter Dietze: The policy of the GDR in the economic policy area of the United Nations. In: Siegfried Bock, Ingrid Muth, Hermann Schwiesau: GDR foreign policy in the rearview mirror: Alternative German foreign policy? LIT Verlag , Münster 2006.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Dietze, Peter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German diplomat of the GDR |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 6, 1936 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Halle (Saale) |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 12, 2011 |
| Place of death | Berlin |