Wolfram Dufner
Wolfram Dufner (born August 7, 1926 in Konstanz ) is a German diplomat and writer .
Life
Wolfram Dufner studied law and economics in Zurich, Bern and Cambridge, England. In 1951, he was at Walter Eucken in Freiburg with a dissertation on the World Trade Havana Charter (GATT) to Dr. rer. pole. PhD.
From 1952 he worked in the foreign service in Bern, Helsinki, Ottawa, Stockholm and Ankara. He was the German ambassador in Lusaka (1977–80), Singapore (1980–84), Kuala Lumpur and the Sultanate of Brunei (1984–87) and most recently in Bern (1989–91).
After retiring in 1992, the King of Sweden appointed him General Director of the World Scout Foundation (WSF) in Geneva.
Dufner has published numerous books, including Swedish Portraits , History of Sweden , On the Strait of Malacca , Days with Ernst Jünger, and Early Pathways (the latter about his childhood memories in the Third Reich ).
Today he lives in Constance.
Honors
- Staufer Medal for services to the state of Baden-Württemberg
- Federal Cross of Merit 1st class
- North Star Order (Commander)
- Order of the Lion of Finland (Knight)
Web links
- Literature by and about Wolfram Dufner in the catalog of the German National Library
- Description of the Dufner collection: More than 100 objects of ancient small art from Asia Minor, Syria and Cyprus
Individual evidence
| predecessor | Office | successor |
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| Heinrich Friedrich Landau |
German ambassador to Zambia 1977–1980 |
Günter Wasserberg |
| Hildegunde Feilner |
German ambassador to Singapore 1980–1984 |
Richard Louis |
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German Ambassador to Malaysia 1984–1987 |
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German ambassador to Brunei 1984–1987 |
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| Gerhard Fischer |
German ambassador to Switzerland 1989–1991 |
Werner Graf von der Schulenburg |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Dufner, Wolfram |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German diplomat and writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 7, 1926 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Constancy |