Peter Hermes
Encyclopedia
Peter Hermes is a German diplomat
, and was German Ambassador to the United States
from 1979 to 1984.
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He was drafted in 1941, and served in a penal battalion in 1944. He was captured by the Soviets.
His father founded the CDU
in the Soviet occupation zone, but left in 1945. Peter Hermes left East Germany in 1950.
Beginning in 1953, he was trade negotiator for the Foreign Office, and Head of the Department of Foreign Trade and Development, and European economic integration.
He completed a doctorate degree in law.
In 1955, he joined the Diplomatic Service.
He eventually became Secretary of State at the Foreign Office from 1975 to 1979.
He was Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany in Washington, from 1979 to 1984.
He was Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to the Vatican, from August 1984 to 1987.
After retirement, he became a member of the Commission for Contemporary History Association, and deputy chairman of the Association of the German Archaeological Institute. He is an honorary member of the German Archaeological Institute.
Diplomat
A diplomat is a person appointed by a state to conduct diplomacy with another state or international organization. The main functions of diplomats revolve around the representation and protection of the interests and nationals of the sending state, as well as the promotion of information and...
, and was German Ambassador to the United States
German Ambassador to the United States
The United States has had diplomatic relations with the nation of Germany and its predecessor nation, the Kingdom of Prussia, since 1835. These relations were broken twice while Germany and the United States were at war....
from 1979 to 1984.
Life
He is the son of Andreas HermesAndreas Hermes
Andreas Hermes was a German Christian Democratic Union politician, agricultural scientist, Finance Minister of the Weimar Republic, and a member of the resistance to Nazism.- Life :...
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He was drafted in 1941, and served in a penal battalion in 1944. He was captured by the Soviets.
His father founded the CDU
Christian Democratic Union (Germany)
The Christian Democratic Union of Germany is a Christian democratic and conservative political party in Germany. It is regarded as on the centre-right of the German political spectrum...
in the Soviet occupation zone, but left in 1945. Peter Hermes left East Germany in 1950.
Beginning in 1953, he was trade negotiator for the Foreign Office, and Head of the Department of Foreign Trade and Development, and European economic integration.
He completed a doctorate degree in law.
In 1955, he joined the Diplomatic Service.
He eventually became Secretary of State at the Foreign Office from 1975 to 1979.
He was Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany in Washington, from 1979 to 1984.
He was Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to the Vatican, from August 1984 to 1987.
After retirement, he became a member of the Commission for Contemporary History Association, and deputy chairman of the Association of the German Archaeological Institute. He is an honorary member of the German Archaeological Institute.
External links
- "Paul Hermes", German wikipedia
- 119440407, DNB