Background
GELZER, Carl Otto Michael was born on July 23, 1916 in Schaffhausen. Son of Heinrich Gelzer and Charlotte Liidecke.
GELZER, Carl Otto Michael was born on July 23, 1916 in Schaffhausen. Son of Heinrich Gelzer and Charlotte Liidecke.
University of Basle.
Deputy Attorney-General of Canton of Basle City 1943-1945. Federation Political Department, Berne 1946. Second Secretary Legation in Bucharest 1951, First Secretary Delegate in Berlin, Deputy Chief of Mission 1955.
Chief of Section, Federation Political Department 1957.
Counsellor of Embassy and later Deputy Chief of Mission, Washington, District of Columbia 1961. Deputy Chief of Division for Political Affairs, Federation Political Department 1966, Deputy Director for Political Affairs (Africa, Asia and Latin America) 1973-1975.
Ambassador to Federation Republic of Germany 1975-1981.
Married Marie Christiane Sarasin 1964.