Walter Jürgen Schmid
Walter Jürgen Schmid (born November 24, 1946 in Eßlingen am Neckar ) is a German diplomat .
Life
Walter Jürgen Schmid did his basic military service from 1966 to 1967 after graduating from high school. From 1968 to 1973 he studied law at the Eberhard Karls University in Tübingen , the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich and the University of Aix-en-Provence . From 1973 to 1975 he was a trainee lawyer and was awarded a Dr. jur. PhD .
He began his service in the Foreign Office in 1976 as an attaché . He then became the personal advisor to Minister of State Klaus von Dohnanyi . His first post abroad was the embassy in Montevideo , Uruguay , before moving to the German embassy in Ankara , Turkey , in 1982 . From 1986 to 1991 he was Senate Director in the Senate Chancellery of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg . His first post as ambassador took him to Conakry, Guinea, from 1992 to 1994 . In 1995 he went to the Royal College of Defense Studies (RCDS) in London for a year . He worked in the Disarmament Department of the Federal Foreign Office until 2000, before being appointed Deputy Commissioner and finally in 2003 Commissioner for Disarmament and Arms Control.
From July 2005 to the beginning of 2010, Walter Jürgen Schmid was the German ambassador in Moscow , where he was replaced by Ulrich Brandenburg .
In September 2010 he followed Hans-Henning Horstmann as extraordinary and plenipotentiary ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to the Holy See and presented Pope Benedict XVI. his letter of accreditation in Castel Gandolfo on September 13th of the same year . Schmid met Pope Benedict XVI personally on October 7, 2011. adopted and retired. Reinhard Schweppe was his successor .
Schmid is married to Livia Vergallo-Schmid.
Individual evidence
- ^ "Horstmann at the Pope" , Vatican Radio , June 18, 2010
- ↑ Le Udienze , in: Holy See Press Office: Daily Bulletin of September 13, 2010.
- ↑ “D / Vatican: Ambassador says goodbye” , Vatican Radio , October 7, 2011
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Hubert Beemelmans |
German ambassador to Guinea 1992–1994 |
Hans-Günter Gnodtke |
| Hans-Friedrich von Ploetz |
German Ambassador to Russia (Russian Federation) 2005–2010 |
Ulrich Brandenburg |
| Hans-Henning Horstmann |
German Ambassador to the Holy See 2010–2011 |
Reinhard Schweppe |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schmid, Walter Jürgen |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German diplomat |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 24, 1946 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Esslingen am Neckar |