Werner Seldis

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Werner Seldis (born November 15, 1914 in Maltsch ad Oder ; † April 3, 2011 in Munich ) was a German diplomat .

Life

After graduating from high school , Seldis completed a degree in economics at the University of Hamburg , where he completed his doctorate in 1936 with a dissertation on the topic of regulating global economic "production" by international cartels in the post-war period .

He later joined the foreign service and, in addition to working in the Foreign Office, was also employed at the embassies in Chad . After serving as legation councilor in the Foreign Office in Bonn , he succeeded Gerd Deyhle as ambassador in Sierra Leone in March 1964 . In 1968 he was awarded the Cross of Merit 1st Class of the Federal Republic of Germany for his services .

Most recently he was appointed Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to Togo in 1976 as the successor to Hans Hermann Haferkamp . He held this post until his age-related retirement . His successor as the embassy in Lomé was then Johannes Reitberger . In this function, he signed an agreement with the Council of Ministers of the West African Monetary Union on financial cooperation with the Federal Republic of Germany on December 22, 1978 ( Federal Law Gazette 1979 II p. 346 ) and on January 29, 1979 another agreement on financial cooperation with Togo ( BGBl. II p. 388 ).

After his death Werner Seldis was buried in the cemetery of the Dreieinigkeitskirche in Munich - Bogenhausen .

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Obituary notice in the Süddeutsche Zeitung
  2. ↑ Occupation of German missions abroad ( Federal Archives )
  3. ↑ Hans Booms : Cabinet Protocols 1964 , p. 196
  4. ↑ News from the Trinity Church in Munich-Bogenhausen ( Memento of the original from December 30, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (No. 2/2011; PDF; 1.7 MB) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.dreieinigkeit-bogenhausen.de
personal data
SURNAME Seldis, Werner
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German diplomat
DATE OF BIRTH November 15, 1914
PLACE OF BIRTH Maltsch ad Oder
DATE OF DEATH April 3, 2011
Place of death Munich