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
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