Born | 28th April 1944 in Flensburg, married with Marion-Viola Trebesch, née Krier, three children |
1965-1969 | University studies in law and history (Bonn, Berlin, Grenoble and Cambridge) |
1969 | First Legal State Examination |
1970/71 | Postgraduate studies at Georgetown University, Washington D.C. |
1970-1972 | Junior lawyer |
1972 | Doctorate in Constitutional and International Law (Bonn) |
1972-1974 | Diplomatic Academy |
1972/73 | Permanent Representation of Germany and EU Commission in Brussels (Cabinet of Prof. Dahrendorf) |
1974-1975 | German Foreign Office (European Political cooperation and Staff of the Diplomatic Academy) |
1975-1978 | Deputy Consul General in Houston (Texas), USA |
1978-1981 | Permanent Representation of Germany to the European Communities in Brussels |
1981-1982 | Advisor to a Parliamentary group in the German Bundestag |
1982-1984 | Head of the Minister´s Office in the Federal Ministry of Defense |
1985-1987 | NATO Defense College Rome, Faculty Adviser |
1987-1991 | German Embassy Helsinki, Deputy Head of Mission |
1991-1995 | German Embassy Rome, Minister-Counsellor, Head of Economic Affairs. |
1995-2002 | German Foreign Office, Head of Division in the Legal Department, Ambassador |
2002-2005 | German Ambassador in Cyprus |
2005-2009 | German Ambassador in the Republic of Slovakia |
2009 | Retired from Foreign Service |
Member of P.E.N. Centre Germany