Roland Kliesow

Roland Kliesow (born December 8, 1941 in Gotenhafen / Gdingen ) is a German diplomat and was last ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany in Peru from July 2002 to 2006 .

education and study

After graduating from high school, he studied law at the universities of Freiburg, Berlin and Lausanne. To participate in a development aid project in Vietnam , he took leave of absence as a trainee lawyer between 1966 and 1968. After completing the 2nd state examination in law, he worked as a lawyer from 1970 to 1972 and obtained his doctorate. iur. in 1972.

Foreign service

After joining the Foreign Service in 1972, he worked at the embassies in Portugal (attaché) and in Greece (head of the legal and consular department). In 1977 Kliesow became the personal advisor to Federal Chancellor Helmut Schmidt .

From 1979 to 1990 he worked at the embassies in Peru (Head of the Press and Culture Department), in the Netherlands (Head of the Culture Department) and in the Foreign Office (Culture Department, Central Department). From 1990 to 1996 Kliesow was envoy and permanent representative of the ambassador to Chile . He then became Consul General of the Federal Republic of Germany in Breslau .

From 1999 to 2002 Kliesow was head of the training and further education center of the Foreign Office in Bonn and from 2002 to 2006 Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to Peru .

Web links

• Homepage of the German Embassy in Lima
• Literature by and about Roland Kliesow in the catalog of the German National Library