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'''Klaus Blech''' was a panelist on ''Developments in The Soviet Union: Political And Economic Impact On The Alliance'' at the [[1991 Bilderberg]].<ref name=bb1991report>[[File:Bilderberg-Conference-Report-1991.pdf]]</ref>
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'''Klaus Blech''' was a German diplomat who was a panelist on ''Developments in The Soviet Union: Political And Economic Impact On The Alliance'' at the [[1991 Bilderberg]].<ref name=bb1991report>[[File:Bilderberg-Conference-Report-1991.pdf]]</ref>
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==Education==
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Klaus Blech was born in [[Stuttgart]] as the son of a painter and art dealer who came from [[Lower Silesia]], and grew up in [[Heilbronn]]. After graduating from high school, he studied law at the [[University of Tübingen|Universities of Tübingen]], [[University of Hamburg|Hamburg]], [[Sorbonne|Paris]] and, with the support of a [[Fulbright scholarship]], at the [[University of Chicago]].<ref name=munz>https://www.munzinger.de/register/portrait/biographien/Klaus%20Blech/00/14214</ref>
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==Career==
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He passed the first state examination in law in [[1952]] and the second in [[1958]]. In the same year he received his doctorate in Tübingen with a thesis on the foreign violence of the [[USA]] and entered the Foreign Service.
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Initially, he worked there as an attaché in the office of Foreign Minister [[Heinrich von Brentano]]. From [[1959]] to [[1961]] he worked in [[Vienna]] and from [[1962]] to [[1964]] in [[Jakarta]], [[Indonesia]]. From [[1965]] to [[1968]] he worked as a personal advisor to the then State Secretary at the Federal Foreign Office and later Federal President [[Karl Carstens]] and his successor at the Federal Foreign Office [[Klaus Schütz]]. In [[1968]] he went to Tokyo as an embassy counsellor for three years. From [[1971]] to [[1981]] he worked in [[Bonn]], among other things, as head of planning and from [[1977]] as political director.
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In the seventies he was involved in the [[Ostpolitik]] of [[Willy Brandt]].<ref>https://www.stimme.de/archiv/stadt-hn/sonstige-diplomat-mit-heimatbezug-art-1322696</ref>
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As head of planning, he led the negotiations in Geneva for the conclusion of the [[Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe]] Final Act in [[Helsinki]] in [[1975]]. He became ambassador to [[Tokyo]] in [[1981]].<ref name=munz/>
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From [[1984]] to [[1989]], Blech was head of the Federal Presidential Office during the first term of President [[Richard von Weizsäcker]]. He then exchanged positions with his predecessor in [[Moscow]], [[Andreas Meyer-Landrut]], and was the [[Germany/Ambassador/Russia|German ambassador in Moscow]] from [[1989]] until his retirement in [[1993]], and thus during the German reunification and dissolution of the [[Soviet Union]].<ref name=munz/>
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Blech spoke Japanese, Russian and Chinese, among other languages.
 
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Latest revision as of 00:40, 30 October 2024

Person.png Klaus Blech  Rdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
(diplomat)
Klaus Blech.png
Born14 August 1928
Stuttgart, Germany
Died30 March 2022 (Age 93)
NationalityGerman
Alma materUniversity of Tübingen, University of Hamburg, University of Paris, University of Chicago
Panelist on Developments in The Soviet Union: Political And Economic Impact On The Alliance at the 1991 Bilderberg

Employment.png Germany/Ambassador/Russia

In office
1989 - 1993
The first years as West German Ambassador to the Soviet Union

Employment.png Head of the Office of the Federal President

In office
1984 - 1989
Appointed byRichard von Weizsäcker
Attended Bilderberg 1991

Klaus Blech was a German diplomat who was a panelist on Developments in The Soviet Union: Political And Economic Impact On The Alliance at the 1991 Bilderberg.[1]

Education

Klaus Blech was born in Stuttgart as the son of a painter and art dealer who came from Lower Silesia, and grew up in Heilbronn. After graduating from high school, he studied law at the Universities of Tübingen, Hamburg, Paris and, with the support of a Fulbright scholarship, at the University of Chicago.[2]

Career

He passed the first state examination in law in 1952 and the second in 1958. In the same year he received his doctorate in Tübingen with a thesis on the foreign violence of the USA and entered the Foreign Service.

Initially, he worked there as an attaché in the office of Foreign Minister Heinrich von Brentano. From 1959 to 1961 he worked in Vienna and from 1962 to 1964 in Jakarta, Indonesia. From 1965 to 1968 he worked as a personal advisor to the then State Secretary at the Federal Foreign Office and later Federal President Karl Carstens and his successor at the Federal Foreign Office Klaus Schütz. In 1968 he went to Tokyo as an embassy counsellor for three years. From 1971 to 1981 he worked in Bonn, among other things, as head of planning and from 1977 as political director.

In the seventies he was involved in the Ostpolitik of Willy Brandt.[3]

As head of planning, he led the negotiations in Geneva for the conclusion of the Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe Final Act in Helsinki in 1975. He became ambassador to Tokyo in 1981.[2]

From 1984 to 1989, Blech was head of the Federal Presidential Office during the first term of President Richard von Weizsäcker. He then exchanged positions with his predecessor in Moscow, Andreas Meyer-Landrut, and was the German ambassador in Moscow from 1989 until his retirement in 1993, and thus during the German reunification and dissolution of the Soviet Union.[2]

Blech spoke Japanese, Russian and Chinese, among other languages.

 

Event Participated in

EventStartEndLocation(s)Description
Bilderberg/19916 June 19919 June 1991Germany
Baden-Baden
Steigenberger Hotel Badischer Hof
The 39th Bilderberg, 114 guests
Many thanks to our Patrons who cover ~2/3 of our hosting bill. Please join them if you can.


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