Alois Mertes
 Alois Mertes      ( diplomat, politician, deep state operative) | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 29 October 1921 Gerolstein, Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 16 June 1985 (Age 63) Bonn, Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||
Cause of death | stroke | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | German | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | • University of Bonn • Sorbonne • Weatherhead Center for International Affairs | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Religion | Catholic | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Children | •  Michael Mertes• Klaus Mertes | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Member of | Le Cercle, Stauffenberg Service | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Victim of |  premature death? | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Interests | Opus Dei | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Party | CDU | ||||||||||||||||||||
Spooky German who attended the Bilderberg and Le Cercle. Aide to German Foreign Minister Hans-Dietrich Genscher
| |||||||||||||||||||||
Alois Mertes was a German diplomat and bureaucrat. He joined the CDU in 1961. He died in office as State Secretary at the German Federal Foreign Office. In the early 1980s he attended both Le Cercle and the Bilderberg. It is suspected that he was also a member of Opus Dei.[1] His son, Michael Mertes, spoke alongside Maarten Brands and some other Bilderberg members in Boston in 2009.[2]
Education
After graduating from high school in [[1940], Mertes took part in the Second World War as a soldier. After being released from captivity, Mertes studied law, history and Romance studies at the universities of Bonn and Paris. In 1948 he completed his studies with the state Examination in History and French and in 1951 he received his doctorate at the University of Bonn with the work France's statement on the German Revolutions of 1848.
In 1952, Mertes joined the Foreign Service of the West Germany, for which he worked at the Consulate General in Marseille and at the embassies in Paris (1958-1963) and Moscow (1963-1966). In 1968/69, he completed an official study stay at the Center for International Affairs at Harvard University, headed by Henry Kissinger, with the study Reflections on Détente: Russia, Germany, and the West[3]. After his return to Bonn, he took over as head of the European Security and Regional Disarmament Unit at the Federal Foreign Office.
From 1969 to 1971 he was chairman of the Catholic Bundes Neudeutschland.[4]
From 1969 to 1972 he held a teaching position for political science at the University of Cologne.
From 1972 until his death, he was a member of the German Bundestag. Here he was chairman of the foreign policy working group of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group from 1980 to 1982.
On 4 October 1982, he was appointed Minister of State at the Foreign Office in the federal government led by Chancellor Helmut Kohl.[5]
Religion
Death
The New York Times reported that he died of a stroke, aged 63.[7]
Events Participated in
| Event | Start | End | Location(s) | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bilderberg/1981 | 15 May 1981 | 17 May 1981 | Switzerland Palace Hotel Bürgenstock | The 29th Bilderberg |
| Bilderberg/1983 | 13 May 1983 | 15 May 1983 | Canada Quebec Château Montebello | The 31st Bilderberg, held in Canada |
| Bilderberg/1985 | 10 May 1985 | 12 May 1985 | New York US Arrowwood of Westchester Rye Brook | The 33rd Bilderberg, held in Canada |
| Le Cercle/1983 (Bonn) | 30 June 1983 | 3 July 1983 | Germany Bonn | The June 1983 Cercle meeting was held in Bonn, West Germany |
| Le Cercle/1984 (Bonn) | 5 July 1984 | 7 July 1984 | Germany Bonn | Held in Bonn, West Germany, the list of the 36 visitors was published online in 2011. |
References
- ↑ https://isgp-studies.com/Le_Cercle_membership_list
- ↑ http://www.bu.edu/european/tag/maarten-brands/
- ↑ Available in: Günter Buchstab: Alois Mertes – Der Primat des Politischen, Düsseldorf 1994, S. 1–61.
- ↑ Rudolf Vierhaus (Hrsg.): Biographisches Handbuch der Mitglieder des Deutschen Bundestages 1949–2002. K. G. Saur Verlag, München 2002, S. 558.
- ↑ Jenninger, Phillipp (1986). Alois Mertes zur Erinnerung Ansprachen u. Nachrufe. Kevelaer: Verlag Butzon & Bercker. ISBN 3-7666-9498-7.
- ↑ http://www.crisismagazine.com/1983/a-letter-from-germany-to-u-s-bishops
- ↑ http://www.nytimes.com/1985/06/18/world/alois-mertes-is-dead-at-63-bonn-foreign-ministry-aide.html
