The President Dr. Gunter Pleuger - Vita
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25.03.1941 |
born in Wismar, Mecklenburg,
married, two daughters |
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1947-1960 |
primary school in Westfalen, secondary school: Zeppelin-Gymnasium in Lüdenscheid |
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1960-1964 |
Law and political studies at the universities in Köln and Bonn |
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1966 |
Granting of the "Dr. jur." honors |
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1967 |
Studies at the Ecole Nationale d'Administration in Paris |
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1968 |
Passing of the 2nd German State Exam (assessor) |
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1969 |
Entry in the Foreign Service |
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1970-1974 |
Permanent Representation at the United Nations, New York: Desk officer at the following committees of the General Assembly: Economic, Budgetary, Decolonization, Peacebuilding. |
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1974-1977 |
Europolitical division of the Federal Foreign Office: Desk officer for the external relations of the European Community to the industialized and developing countries. |
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1977-1979 |
Public relations officer at the ambassy in New Delhi, India. |
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1979-1985 |
Strategy division of the Federal Foreign Office: Desk officer for European politics, Third-World-Politics, ministers' speeches. |
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1982-1985 |
Chairman of the Employee Committee of the Federal Foreign Office. |
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1985-1988 |
Head of the Public Relations Division,
Political contacts: Publications of the Federal Foreign Office, coordination with the federal PR Office, liaising with the representants of the political parties. |
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1988-1993 |
Political envoy, embassy in Washington, (Head of the Political Division) |
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1993-1995 |
Head of the UN-Subdivision and coordinator for human rights enquiries at the Federal Foreign Office. |
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1995-1998 |
Head of the Division for UN, human rights, human aid and global problems at the Federal Foreign Office. |
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1998-1999 |
Political director and Head of the Political Division of the Federal Foreign Office: the Foreign Minister's adviser on all operative political issues, especially: EU, Eastern Europe, USA, Canada, negotiations of the Treaty of Nice. |
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1999-2002 |
State Secretary of the Federal Foreign Office, Deputy Foreign Minister in charge of the following divisions: Politics, Disarmament and Arms Control, Europe, Budget, Staff, Organisation; member of the convent for the European Constitution. |
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2002-2006 |
Permanent German Representative at the UN |