Werner Ungerer
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Werner Ungerer is a German
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 diplomat and civil servant.

Biography

Ungerer studied economics at the Technical University of Stuttgart. He took a degree of doctor in economical sciences at the University of Tübingen
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. He completed his studies with a postgraduate uin European affairs at the College of Europe
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 in Bruges
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.

Between 1952 and 1989 he completed a career at the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs:
  • 1954: Vice-Consul in Boston
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     (USA)
  • 1956: Consul in Bombay (India)
  • 1958: Head od department at Euratom in Brussels
  • 1964: Counselor at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Bonn
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    , in charge of relations with European institutions
  • 1967: Head of the Department International Technological Cooperation (Bonn)
  • 1970: Plenipotentiary minister and permanent representative at the International Organizations in Vienna
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  • 1975: Consul-General in New York
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  • 1979: Deputy director-general foor European Affairs and International Technical Cooperation at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Bonn)
  • 1984: Director-general Internationale Economic Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Bonn)
  • 1985: Ambassadeur and Permanent Representative at the European Communities
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     in Brussels
  • From November 1990 till September 1993: Rector of the College of Europe in Bruges, succeeding to Jerzy Lukazewski.


As part of his official activities, he was also:
  • Head of German delegations during numerous bilateral or multilateral negotiations
  • Chairman of the Committee Programming and Budgetting of the General IAEA Conference (1974),
  • Chairman of the OECD-group within the Permanent Committee of the UNIDO (1975),
  • Chairman of the Committee of Permanent Representatives at the European Commission
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    (1988).

Publications

Ungerer has published numerous studies, reports and articles on the themes of European integration, United Nations and energy problems.

To be mentioned:
  • Das diplomatische Asyl in deutschen Vertretungen Lateinamerikas, Hamburg, Forschungsstelle für Völkerrecht und ausländ. öffentl. Recht, Universität Hamburg, 1955
  • Der Zins und seine Funktion im Kreislauf einer modernen Volkswirtschaft, Stuttgart / Brügge, 1951/52
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