Günther Wilhelm Van WELL

ambassador Diplomat permanent representative

October 15, 1922 (age 70)

Osterath, Germany

In the early seventies, as Assistant Secretary and Assistant Secretary in the Foreign Office, he was in the development of rapprochement with the German Democratic Republic, as well as the four-power agreement. As Acting Secretary of State, he was appointed by then-foreign minister Hans-Dietrich Genscher, as his personal representative for disaster prevention. Following his work as secretary of state, he was Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Federal Republic of Germany to the United Nations. After that, he served as German ambassador in Washington, District of Columbia. As a retired ambassador, he engaged as a participant in the "Bergedorf Round Table" of the Körber Foundation, among many other celebrities for an understanding of international problems and issues, as well as Executive Vice President of the German Council on Foreign Relations, Bonn.

Günther Wilhelm Van WELL

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ambassador Diplomat permanent representative

Background

Well, Günther Wilhelm Van was born on October 15, 1922 in Osterath, Germany. Son of Friedrich and Magda (Hulser) Van Well.

Education

M.Econs., University Bonn, Federal Republic Germany, 1950. Master of Laws, University Bonn, Federal Republic Germany, %.

Career

In the early seventies, as Assistant Secretary and Assistant Secretary in the Foreign Office, he was in the development of rapprochement with the German Democratic Republic, as well as the four-power agreement. As Acting Secretary of State, he was appointed by then-foreign minister Hans-Dietrich Genscher, as his personal representative for disaster prevention. Following his work as secretary of state, he was Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Federal Republic of Germany to the United Nations.

After that, he served as German ambassador in Washington, District of Columbia. As a retired ambassador, he engaged as a participant in the "Bergedorf Round Table" of the Körber Foundation, among many other celebrities for an understanding of international problems and issues, as well as Executive Vice President of the German Council on Foreign Relations, Bonn.

Achievements

Günther Wilhelm Van Well has been listed as a noteworthy ambassador by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member German Society for Foreign Policy (executive vice president), German Juristic Association, Institute for East-West Security Studies.

Connections

Married Carolyn Stevens Bradley, November 9, 1957. Children— Kirsten, Mark.

Father:: Friedrich Well
Mother:: Magda (Hulser) Van Well
Spouse:: Carolyn Stevens Bradley
child:: Mark Well
child:: Kirsten Well

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