Burkard Freiherr von Müllenheim-Rechberg

Burkard Freiherr von Müllenheim-Rechberg
von Müllenheim-Rechberg as a sub-lieutenant in 1934
West German ambassador to the Democratic Republic of the Congo
In office 1965–1967
West German ambassador to Tanzania
In office 1971–1975
Personal details
Born	Richard Alexander Conrad Bernhard Burkard von Müllenheim-Rechberg (1910-06-25)25 June 1910 Spandau, German Empire
Died	1 June 2003(2003-06-01) (aged 92) Herrsching am Ammersee, Germany

Richard Alexander Conrad Bernhard Burkard von Müllenheim-Rechberg (

Early life

Burkard

Second World War

At the outbreak of the

From 1947 to 1949, von Müllenheim-Rechberg studied at the University of Frankfurt.[5] In 1949, he passed the state examination in jurisprudence. In 1952, he entered the diplomatic service of the Federal Foreign Office. He was a member of the West German NATO delegation in Paris in 1955 and participated at the NATO conference in Bonn in 1956.

In 1965, he became the West German ambassador to the Democratic Republic of the Congo during the tenure of Moïse Tshombe as a prime minister. von Müllenheim-Rechberg would later write a book about Tshombe's kidnapping by Francis Bodenan in 1967 and his death during his imprisonment in Algeria in 1969.^[6]

He continued his diplomatic career as a

• Baron von Müllenheim-Rechberg, Burkard (2001). The Abduction and Death of Moïse Tshombe: The End of a Hope for the Congo. WorldView Publications.
  ISBN 978-1872142456
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• Freiherr von Müllenheim-Rechberg, Burkard (1998). Entführung und Tod des Moïse Tshombe: Das Ende einer Hoffnung für den Kongo. LIT.
  ISBN 3-8258-3940-0
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• Baron von Müllenheim-Rechberg, Burkard (1990). Battleship Bismarck: A Survivor's Story. Naval Institute Press.
  ISBN 1557504369
  .