New German ambassador joins office
New German Ambassador to Bangladesh Dr Albrecht Conze began his diplomatic assignment on presenting his credentials to President Zillur Rahman on October 23. He succeeds Holger Michael, who left Dhaka on June 24 ending his three-year tenure. Educated at the universities of Freiburg, Heidelberg, Geneva and Cambridge, Albrecht Conze holds a doctorate in International Law from Freiburg University. He joined his country's Foreign Service in 1981 and has served in Hong Kong, Beijing, Vienna, Warsaw, Tunis, Khartoum and Moscow. Before going into diplomacy, he briefly worked as a lawyer, following his admission to the bar at West-Berlin in 1981. Albrecht Conze published a number of essays on post-communism developments in Central Europe, current issues of Congo and Zimbabwe, and some aspects of international law. He is married to Veronique Le Lay, a French film scriptwriter, and they have two young children, Asastasia and Stanislas. Classical music, fine gardening and hunting are among his favorite pastimes.
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