Background
Schmidt, Rudolf Josef was born on June 4, 1938 in Burghausen, Germany. Son of Franz Xaver and Franziska (Strasser) Schmidt.
Schmidt, Rudolf Josef was born on June 4, 1938 in Burghausen, Germany. Son of Franz Xaver and Franziska (Strasser) Schmidt.
First legal degree, University Munich, 1963. Legal doctor, University Munich, 1967. Second legal degree, Ministry of Justice, Munich, 1968.
Lecturer, U. Aix-en-Provence, France, 1964-1965; attaché, Foreign Office, Bonn, Germany, 1969-1970; 2d secretary, Foreign Office, Bonn, Germany, 1970-1972; director, Foreign Office, Bonn, Germany, 1990-1994; consul, Consulate General, Zagreb, Yugoslavia, 1972-1975; counsellor, German Embassy, Kinshasa, Zaire, 1975-1977; counsellor, German Embassy, Washington, 1977-1979; counsellor, German North Atlantic Treaty Organization Mission, Brussels, 1980-1983; first counsellor, German Mission to United Nations, New York City, 1986-1990; minister DHM, German Embassy, Moscow, since 1994.
Married Uta Clausen; children: Julia, Valeria, Fabian.