Hennecke Graf von Bassewitz

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(diplomat)
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Born27 January 1935
Rostock, Germany
NationalityGerman
German diplomat. Assistant to Walter Scheel at the 1983 Bilderberg.

Hennecke Graf von Bassowitz is a former German diplomat and Ministerialdirigent in the Foreign Office. He worked as assistant to Walter Scheel when he attended the 1983 Bilderberg.[1]

Career

After studying law, Bassewitz first became a journalist. In 1963 he joined the German Foreign Service and was then employed at the embassies in Kuala Lumpur (1966–1969) and Singapore (1969–1971). He was spokesman for German President Walter Scheel 1974-1976[2], before then working at the embassy in Washington (1976-1979).

From 1979 he was ambassador to Sierra Leone. After working as a section head in the Foreign Office (1982–1985), he was head of the German Information Center (GIC) in New York from 1985 to 1989.[3] In 1989, he was first consul general in Soviet Kiev and became ambassador there with the independence of the Ukraine (1991–1993).[4] He then worked as a sub-department head in the Foreign Office. Most recently, as the successor to Johannes Preisinger, he was Ambassador to Bosnia-Herzegovina from 1997 to 1999.[5] His successor in this office was Hans Jochen Peters.


 

Event Witnessed

EventLocation(s)Description
Bilderberg/1983Canada
Quebec
Château Montebello
The 31st Bilderberg, held in Canada
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