Education
University of Cologne.
University of Cologne.
Joined foreign service 1955, attache, Cairo Embassy 1956-1957, Alexandria Consulate 1957, at Ministry of Foreign Affairs 1957-1959. Subsequently Third and Second Secretary, Beirut Embassy 1959-1961, Second Secretary, Baghdad Embassy 1961-1962, Charge d"affaires, Taiz Embassy, Yemen 1962-1963. At Ministry of Foreign Affairs 1964-1966,1976-1984, Consul, Kuwait 1966-1971.
Ambassador to Mauritania 1971-1974, to Saudia Arabia 1974-1976, to Morocco since 1984.
At Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Head of Section 1976-1979, subsequently Assistant Under-Secretary to Director North. Africa and Middle East 1979-1984.