Background
Knackstedt, Gunter was born on July 29, 1929 in Berlin. Son of Willy and Anni (Wiebigke) Knackstedt.
Knackstedt, Gunter was born on July 29, 1929 in Berlin. Son of Willy and Anni (Wiebigke) Knackstedt.
Master of Arts in Economics, University Cincinnati, 1956. Doctor of Philosophy, University Cincinnati, 1958.
Chief editor news magazine You and Europe, Wiesbaden, Germany, 1959-1961. Diplomat German Foreign Service, Bonn, Germany, since 1961. Ambassador Luxembourg, 1979-1984.
Ambassador council of Europa Strasbourg, France, 1985-1988. Ambassador to Chile Santiago, 1988-1989. Ambassador to Poland Warsaw, 1989-1992.
Ambassador to Portugal Lisbon, since 1992.
Member Rotary.
Married Marianne Fischbach, October 20, 1984. Children: Sven, Joern.