Gerd Wagner | |||
Senior Deputy High Representative, July 1997 – 17 September 1997 | |||
Curriculum Vitae | |||
Born on 19 May 1942 in Wallern / Sudetenland | |||
Primary and secondary school in Upper Bavaria | |||
Married, 3 children | |||
1968 | German State Examinations at Munich University (English, German) | ||
1971 | DR. phil. | ||
1971 | Joined German Foreign Service | ||
1973 – 1977 | German Embassy Belgrade | ||
1977 – 1980 | German Embassy Beirut | ||
1980 – 1984 | Foreign Office, Bonn – NATO Office | ||
1984 – 1987 | German Embassy Washington | ||
1987 – 1989 | Foreign Office, Bonn – Nuclear Arms Control | ||
1998 – 1991 | Foreign Policy Advisor to SPD Parliamentary Group in the Bundestag | ||
1991 – 1994 | Foreign Office, Bonn – Director of the Office for US Affairs | ||
1994 – 1997 | German Embassy Washington – Minister (Political Affairs) | ||
Since July 1997 | Senior Deputy High Representative, Sarajevo, BiH | ||
On 17 September 1997, five members of the OHR – Senior Deputy High Representative Gerd Wagner, Charles Morpeth, Leah Melnick, Thomas Reinhardt and Juergen Schauf – and seven members of UNMIBH lost their lives in a helicopter crash near Fojnica in central Bosnia. The OHR officials were en route to Bugojno to meet with local authorities to discuss key issues related to peace implementation. The UN officials intended to fly on to Brcko for talks on police reform matters. The OHR remembers the victims of this tragic accident as committed members of a community striving to ensure that the people of Bosnia and Herzegovina can live in peace. It has felt a sense of loss ever since and continues to extend its deepest sympathy to their relatives and friends. At the first anniversary in 1998, a memorial monument was erected near the crash site. |