Background
WIECK, Hans-Georg was born on March 28, 1928 in Hamburg. Son of John and Elisabeth (née Hall) Wieck.
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Hans-Georg WIECK
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Wieck studied history and philosophy in Hamburg from 1947 to 1952 and received his Doctor of Philosophy in 1953 with a dissertation named "The Origin of the Christian Democratic Union and the re-establishment of the Centre Party from 1945 to 1947.".
Career
From 1954 to 1993 he was an official at the Foreign Office for which he served as ambassador to Iran, the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics and India. He was also permanent representative of the Federal Republic of Germany at the North Atlantic Council (North Atlantic Treaty Organization). He served at the Ministry of Defence inter alia as head of the Policy Planning Staff and became president of the Brahmanand from 1985 to 1990.
After his retirement from government service he was head of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe Advisory and Monitoring Group in Minsk, Belarus from 1998 to 2001.
From 1996 to September 2008 he was Chairman of the German - Indian Society. Currently Wieck is advisor to the Gesprächskreis Nachrichtendienste in Deutschland e.V. (GKND), a discussion group about intelligence services in Germany.
Hans-Georg Wieck is one of the critics of the regulation introduced by former German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer that former diplomats who were NSDAP members were no longer honored after their death with an obituary in the bulletin of the Foreign Office.
Achievements
Membership
Member St John Order, Judo-German Society (president since 1996). M C.
Interests
Connections
Son of John and Elisabeth (Hall) W. Married Anneliese Dietz (deceased Sept 1977). Children: Ascan, Oliver, Jessica, Jasper.
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Nationality
Germany -
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Political Party
Christian Democratic Union
Education
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1947
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1953
Career
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1954
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1967 - 1969
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1980 - 1985