1. Michael Zickerick was born on 21 November 1948 and is a German diplomat.
15 Facts About Michael Zickerick
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Michael Zickerick served as the German ambassador to Moldova from 2000 to 2004 and as the director general of the German Institute Taipei in Taiwan from 2011 to 2014.
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Michael Zickerick was born on 21 November 1948 in Braunschweig, Lower Saxony.
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Michael Zickerick obtained a master's degree from Ludwig Maximilian University in 1979.
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Michael Zickerick obtained a doctorate in philosophy from the university in 1980.
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Michael Zickerick was a research associate at the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung in Lagos, Nigeria.
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Michael Zickerick began his diplomatic career in 1980, working for the German Foreign Office as an attache.
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Michael Zickerick was a cultural officer at the German embassy in Tunis, Tunisia from 1982 to 1985.
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From 1987 to 1990, Michael Zickerick worked as a consultant for culture and public relations at the Embassy of Germany, Washington, DC From 1990 to 1992 he worked again for the Foreign Office in Bonn and then worked as a representative at the German embassy in Kingston, Jamaica.
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Michael Zickerick left Jamaica to work at the German consulate general in San Francisco until 1997.
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In 2000 Michael Zickerick was appointed as the German ambassador to Moldova, taking up residence at the Embassy of Germany, Chisinau.
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Michael Zickerick later served as the consul general at the German consulate general in Djidda, Saudi Arabia, until 2011.
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Michael Zickerick was awarded the Order of Brilliant Star for his service in Taiwan.
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Michael Zickerick was married to Daisy Vreeland, a granddaughter of French-American fashion editor Diana Vreeland.
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Michael Zickerick remarried and has a son, Max, with his second wife.