Immo Stabreit (born 24 January 1933

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) is a German

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, and was West German and German Ambassador to

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from 1987 to 1992, Ambassador to the United States from 1992 to 1995 and Ambassador to

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from 1995 to 1998. He is a Member of the Advisory Board of the Global Panel Foundation, a respected NGO that works behind the scenes in crisis areas around the world.

Life

He grew up in Berlin. He graduated from

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, with a bachelor's degree (BA) in 1953, and studied law

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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

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. He served in the

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in Paris, until 1978. In 1983, he became Head of Department for Foreign Affairs He was ambassador to

, from 1987 to 1992. He was ambassador in

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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

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* *http://www.c-spanvideo.org/immostabreit {{DEFAULTSORT:Stabreit, Immo 1933 births Living people People from Rathenow People from the Province of Brandenburg Ambassadors of Germany to the United States Ambassadors of Germany to France Ambassadors of Germany to South Africa