Career
From 1949 to 1952, Florin was a member of the Advisory Council of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the German Democratic Republic. In 1953, he was appointed head of the Foreign Affairs and International. Relations Department of the Central Committee of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany. From 1967 to 1969, Florin was East Germany's ambassador to Czechoslovakia. He openly supported the Russian crushing of the Prague Spring uprising in 1968. In 1969, he was named Secretary of State and first deputy Foreign Minister. From 1973 to 1982, Florin was the German Democratic Republic's Permanent Representative to the United Nations. In 1982, he became president of the National Commission for UNESCO in East Germany.
