Peter Mende

Peter Mende (born November 30, 1934 in Breslau ; † July 26, 2016 in Bonn ) was a German diplomat .

Life

Peter Mende studied law in Cologne and Lausanne. In 1958 he passed the first state examination and in 1963 the second state examination. In 1964 he joined the Foreign Office and worked at the representations in London, Paris and Washington.

In 1987 he was accredited at the German Embassy in Washington, DC . The Kohl government had rejected the extradition of Mohammed Ali Hamadi , who the Reagan government suspected of being involved in the hijacking of TWA flight 847 in 1985 , with regard to the kidnapping of Rudolf Cordes (* 1934) . Nancy Reagan awarded Hannelore Kohl the United Service Organizations Prize . Mende had the honor of announcing this award.

From 1993 to 1996 Mende was ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany in Khartoum . In a geology seminar at Khartoum University , Mende reported that the government of Sudan had killed the students arrested the previous week. Mende was then summoned to the Sudanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He was told that the government of Sudan did not do this.

In September 1995 Mende was at the airport in Khartoum when citizens of Sudan expelled from the Federal Republic of Germany landed.

From 1996 to 1999 Mende was Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany in Amman . In July 1999 he signed a framework agreement on bilateral technical assistance with the Jordanian Minister of Planning, Rima Khalaf . The government of the Federal Republic supported the improvement of the Jordanian migration system with three million German marks and one million DM for research purposes.

After his retirement, Mende moderated lectures for the German-Arab Friendship Society .

Honors

• Federal Cross of Merit of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (expression unknown)
• Various foreign medals

source

• Deutsche Who's Who 2007, Volume 46, p. 875
• Bulletin of the Press and Information Office of the Federal Government, 1996, issues 56-106, p. 652

Individual evidence

1. ^ Peter Mende obituary notice , FAZ , August 6, 2016 edition
2. ↑ Washington Talk: Briefing; A First Lady Is Honored ; News in the New York Times dated June 26, 1987.
3. ^ Reports: Education in Sudan ; Report on Sudan Update: "The German Ambassador, Peter Mende, had been summoned to the Foreign Affairs Ministry in Khartoum on October 17, 1995, where he had been criticized for his accusations, but had not been asked to leave the country."
4. ↑ Carola Reissland: Sudan: Wait, it's your turn soon ; Der Spiegel , September 25, 1995 edition
5. ^ The German ambassador's criticism of conditions in Sudan. PRO ASYL: Great concern for the safety of the Sudanese deported in September  ( 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. Pro Asyl press release from October 19, 1995  
6. ↑ Francesca Ciriaci: Jordan's debt relief must be dealt with at the bilateral level with creditor nations, European diplomats say ( Memento of the original from September 15, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ; Article in the Jordan Times on July 1, 1999 
7. ↑ German-Arab Friendship Society e. V .: DAFG-themed evening politics: Dr. Isabelle Werenfels (SWP) on the Mediterranean Union

predecessor	Office	successor
Thomas Trömel	Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany in Khartoum 1993–1996	Hans-Günter Gnodtke
Heinz Reiners	Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany in Amman 1996–1999	Martin Schneller