Richard Giesen (diplomat)

Richard Johannes Giesen (born April 12, 1933 in Krefeld ) is a German lawyer, administrative officer and diplomat .

Life

Giesen studied law at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn and passed his first and second state examinations. In 1961 he joined the Foreign Service of the Federal Republic of Germany. In 1967 he was with the work The impact of the accession of Britain to the European Economic Community in the British constitutional law at the University of Bonn for doctor of law doctorate .

After completing his training as an attaché , Giesen worked in the political department of the Foreign Office (China East Asia). From 1964 to 1966 he was Legation Counselor at the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in Nicosia , Cyprus . From 1966 to 1970 he worked in the legal department of the Foreign Office (administrative law) and in 1970 became press officer (counselor) at the German embassy in Athens . In 1973 Giesen became counselor for the economy and development aid in Addis Ababa . In 1977 he worked in the cultural department of the Foreign Office. After working at the NATO Defense College in Rome , Giesen was a foreign and security policy advisor for the CSU regional group in the German Bundestag from 1979 to 1982 . From 1982 to 1983 Giesen worked in the legal department of the Foreign Office (maritime law). In 1984 he took a course at the Royal College of Defense Studies in London. From 1985 to 1989 Giesen worked as a press officer for the German NATO mission in Brussels. In 1989 Giesen took part in a course at the Federal Academy for Security Policy . From 1989 to 1991 Giesen was consul general in Calcutta .

Giesen was the German ambassador to El Salvador from 1991 to 1998 . He was also an observer at the Organization of Central American States (ODECA) based in San Salvador .

After his retirement in 1998, Giesen studied from 1999 to 2001 at the Institute for Canon Law of the Catholic Theological Faculty of the University of Münster and obtained a licentiate in canon law.

Giesen lives in Wachtberg - Niederbachem . He has been a member of the Catholic student association KDStV Bavaria Bonn in the Cartell Association since 1952 . Giesen is captain of the reserve (PzGren).

Richard Giesen is the brother of the former Saxon data protection officer Thomas Giesen and father of the legal scientist Richard Giesen .

predecessor	Office	successor
Joachim Neukirch	German Ambassador to El Salvador 1991–1998	Sepp Jürgen Wölker

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SURNAME	Giesen, Richard
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Giesen, Richard Johannes (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German lawyer, administrative officer and diplomat
DATE OF BIRTH	April 12, 1933
PLACE OF BIRTH	Krefeld