Background
HANSEN, Niels was born on November 7, 1924 in Heidelberg. Son of late Karl Hansen.
HANSEN, Niels was born on November 7, 1924 in Heidelberg. Son of late Karl Hansen.
University of Gottingen, Hamburg & Heidelberg, 1944-1948. University of Zurich, 1948. University of Geneva, 1948-1951, Licentiate in Law, Docteur en Droit.
Spoken languages: German, French, English, Italian.
Joined Foreign Service of Federation Republic of Germany 1952. Minister von Brentano 1955-1958, Embassy Eisbon 1958-1961, Berne 1961-1965, Deputy Consul-General New York 1965-1968, Head Mediterranean and European Integration Desks, Foreign Office 1968-1973, Minister Counsellor, Perm. Mission to United Nations, New York 1973-1975, Minister and Deputy Chief of Mission, Embassy Washington 1975-1979, Head of Policy Planning Staff, Foreign Office 1979-1981, Ambassador to Israel 1981-1985, Perm.
Representative to NATO 1985-1989. Correspondent; President German Society Friends Weizmann Institute.
Le Delit de Violation d’une Obligation d’Entretien, 1955. A New Method for the Plastic Reconstruction of Histological Objects, 1951. The Joint Liability Fund of Swiss Citizens Abroad, 1965.
Personal Staff Foreign Minister von Brentano 1955-1958, Embassy Eisbon 1958-1961, Berne 1961-1965, Deputy Consul-General New York 1965-1968, Head Mediterranean and European Integration Desks, Foreign Office 1968-1973, Minister. Sociedade de Geografia, Lisbon. Board German Atlantic Society, numerous German-lsraeli insts.
Flute playing, modern painting and sculpture, languages (French, English, Portuguese, Italian, Hebrew).
Married Barbara Bartels in 1959.