Immo Stabreit is a German diplomat

Diplomat

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, and was German Ambassador to the United States

German Ambassador to the United States

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 from 1992 to 1995.

Life

He grew up in Berlin. He graduated from Princeton University

Princeton University

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, with a bachelor's degree (BA) in 1953, and studied law Free University of Berlin

Free University of Berlin

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 and Ruprecht Karls University of Heidelberg, with a Ph.D. in 1963.

From 1964 to 1966, he was First Secretary at the Foreign Office in Bonn.
He was First Secretary Department of the Soviet Union from 1966 to 1973.
He served as Deputy Head of the Soviet Union office in Bonn, from 1974 to 1975. He studied at the Advanced Study Program at Harvard University

Harvard University

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.
He served in the International Energy Agency

International Energy Agency

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 in Paris, until 1978.

In 1983, he became Head of Department for Foreign Affairs
He was ambassador to South Africa

South Africa

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, from 1987 to 1992.
He was chief of mission in Paris

Paris

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, from 1995 to 1998.
He retired in 2002.

Works

• Die Revision multilateraler völkerrechtlicher Verträge durch eine begrenzte Anzahl der Vertragsparteien, 223 S. 1964.
• "Die EPZ als Faktor der internationalen Politik. Entstehung, Funktionsweise, Perspektive", in: Elemente des Wandels in der westlichen Welt, Hrsg. Coulmas, P. 1979, S. 287-298.
• "Die Ergebnisse der KIWZ im Energiebereich", (Konferenz über internationale wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit, KIWZ)
• with Benno Zündorf: Die Ostverträge. Die Verträge von Moskau, Warschau, Prag, das Berlin-Abkommen und die Verträge mit der DDR, München 1979.
• "Yugoslav Breakup: Don't Blame Germany", The Washington Post 29. June 1993

External links

• http://www.c-spanvideo.org/immostabreit