Background
Eiff, Hansjoerg Hugo was born on March 21, 1933 in Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
Eiff, Hansjoerg Hugo was born on March 21, 1933 in Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
Student, University Tuebingen and Bonn, 1952. Juris Doctor, University Tuebingen and Bonn, 1959. Postgraduate, Aix-en-Provence.
Postgraduate, Turin.
Vice consul, Consulate of Federal Republic Germany, Boston, 1961-1962; second secretary, Embassy of Federal Republic Germany, Abidjan, 1963-1966; first secretary, Embassy of Federal Republic Germany, Tel Aviv, 1967-1970; deputy head of section, Federal Foreign Office, Bonn, Federal Republic Germany, 1970-1973; first counsellor, Embassy of Federal Republic Germany, Belgrade, Yugoslavia, 1973-1976; delegate, Mutual Balanced Force Reductions Negotiations, Vienna, Austria, 1976-1978; director budget section, Federal Foreign Office, Bonn, 1978-1982; minister counsellor, Embassy of Federal Republic Germany, Washington, 1982-1984; director administration, Federal Foreign Office, Bonn, 1984-1987; ambassador, Embassy of Federal Republic Germany, Belgrade, 1988-1992; commissioner humanitarian aid, Federal Foreign Office, Bonn, since 1992.
Married Christina Firchow. Children: Susanne, Peter, Matthias.