Volker Seitz
Volker Seitz (born January 28, 1943 ) is a former diplomat and ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany.
career
In 1965, Volker Seitz first joined the Foreign Service as a senior civil servant ( consulate secretary ) . This was followed by employment at the embassies in Guinea (press clerk ) and in Libya (head of the Benghazi branch ), at the Consulate General in Osaka - Kobe (clerk in the legal, consular and cultural departments) and in the Federal Foreign Office (personnel clerk ). Most recently, Seitz was personal assistant to the Minister of State in the Foreign Office, Klaus von Dohnanyi, until 1981 .
After moving to the higher service in 1981 and the career examination in 1983, he was employed at the Permanent Mission to the European Union in Brussels from 1984 to 1989 as a political advisor for the European Parliament . From 1989 to 1992, Seitz was permanent representative of the ambassador in Niger and then until 1996 head of Section 511 (emergency aid for Germans abroad) of the Federal Foreign Office.
In 1996 he became Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany in Benin and then from 1999 Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany in Armenia . In 2000 he co-founded the private business school in Yerevan, which emerged from a Franco- German project .
From 2001 to June 30, 2004, Seitz was Head of Division 110 (Organization) of the Federal Foreign Office. From July 10, 2004 to 2008, he was Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany in Cameroon , the Central African Republic and Equatorial Guinea , based in Yaoundé, Cameroon .
Seitz belongs to the initiative group of the Bonn call for reform of development aid. He is the author of a book on development aid for Africa and a regular guest author for the Axis of Good .
literature
- Volker Seitz: Africa is poorly governed or how one can really help Africa: With a foreword by Asfa Wossen-Asserate . Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag, Munich, ISBN 978-3-423-34939-0 (first edition: 2009). Excerpts from Google Books .
- Extended new edition: dtv, Munich 2018
Audio
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Deutschlandfunk : intermediate tones with Volker Seitz (without music) (61.32 min) (MP3; 59.1 MB) 1/2 year online
intermediate tones. Music and personal questions from June 30, 2013:
The diplomat and ambassador Volker Seitz in conversation with Michael Langer
Web links
- “Corrupt political elites block development in Africa” Volker Seitz in an interview with Deutsche Welle, 2009
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.bonner-aufruf.eu/
- ^ Articles by and about Volker Seitz at the Axis of the Good .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Seitz, Volker |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German ambassador |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 28, 1943 |