Hermann von Richthofen

Hermann Manfred Georg Freiherr von Richthofen,

Breslau – 17 July 2021 in Berlin)^[1] was a German diplomat. He was a great nephew of Manfred von Richthofen, the "Red Baron".^[2]

He was

ambassador to the United Kingdom from 1989 to 1993, and his name and relation to the Red Baron (see Richthofen family) made him a media favourite.^[3] He was later permanent representative of Germany to NATO

from 1993 to 1998.

Hermann von Richthofen was married and had three children with his wife.

Hermann Freiherr von Richthofen was awarded an honorary LLD by

Birmingham University in 2000.^[4]

Career history

1955-58: Studied law at the Universities in
Heidelberg, Munich and Bonn

1958: First law degree

1963: Second law degree

1963: Dr. Jur. (PhD Law). Joined German diplomatic service on graduation

1965-66: Federal German Foreign Office Desk Officer in Legal Directorate-General
1966-68: Embassy
Saigon
Desk Officer for Humanitarian Aid
1968-70: Embassy Jakarta Labour Attaché and Desk Officer in Legal and Consular Section and Political Section
1970-74: Federal Foreign Office Desk Officer in Legal Directorate-General
1974: Deputy Head of Section for International Law
1975-78: Federal Chancellery Head of Section in Political Department of the Permanent Mission of the Federal Republic of Germany in Berlin (East)
1978-80: Federal Foreign Office Head of Department in Political Directorate-General
1980-86: Federal Chancellery Head of Working Unit "Deutschland-Politik"
1986: Federal Foreign Office Deputy Under Secretary, Director-General for Legal Affairs and Special Adviser on International Law
1986-1988: Federal Foreign Office Deputy Under Secretary (Political Director)
1989-1993:
Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to the Court of St. James's
1993-1998: permanent representative of Germany to NATO, Brussels

Notes

Regarding personal names: Freiherr is a former title (translated as Baron). In Germany since 1919, it forms part of family names. The feminine forms are Freifrau and Freiin.