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'''Jan Hecker''' (15 February 1967 – 6 September 2021) was a German diplomat. Hecker was an advisor to German Chancellor ] and a judge at the Federal Administrative Court, as well as an adjunct professor at the ]. He died shortly after taking office as ].<ref>{{cite news |title=The German ambassador to China, Jan Hecker, dies |url=https://www.dw.com/en/the-german-ambassador-to-china-jan-hecker-dies/a-59094563 |access-date=6 September 2021 |publisher=Deutsche Welle |date=6 September 2021}}</ref> '''Jan Hecker''' (15 February 1967 – 6 September 2021) was a German diplomat. Hecker was an advisor to German Chancellor ] and a judge at the Federal Administrative Court, as well as an adjunct professor at the ]. He died shortly after taking office as ].<ref>{{cite news |title=The German ambassador to China, Jan Hecker, dies |url=https://www.dw.com/en/the-german-ambassador-to-china-jan-hecker-dies/a-59094563 |access-date=6 September 2021 |publisher=Deutsche Welle |date=6 September 2021}}</ref>

== Life ==
Jan Hecker studied political science and law in Freiburg, Grenoble and Göttingen from 1988 to 1994. This was followed by a legal clerkship in the district of the Court of Appeal from 1994 to 1996. From 1996 to 1997, he participated in a postgraduate programme at the ] and obtained a Master of Laws (LLM) degree. He obtained his doctorate in law in 1997 on the subject of ''European integration as a constitutional problem in France'' at the ].
Hecker became ambassador to China at the end of August 2021.<ref>{{cite web |title=Botschafter Dr. Jan Hecker |url=https://china.diplo.de/cn-de/vertretungen/botschaft/-/2477838 |website=Auswärtiges Amt |access-date=6 September 2021}}</ref> He died only a few days after taking office at the age of 54. The circumstances of his death are unclear.<ref>{{cite news |title=Deutscher Botschafter in China gestorben |url=https://www.faz.net/aktuell/politik/deutscher-botschafter-jan-hecker-in-china-gestorben-17520731.html |access-date=6 September 2021 |publisher=Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung |date=6 September 2021}}</ref>


== See also == == See also ==

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Jan Hecker
Born(1967-02-15)15 February 1967
Kiel, Germany
Died9 June 2021(2021-06-09) (aged 54)
Beijing, China
NationalityGerman
Alma materUniversity of Freiburg, Grenoble, Göttingen
OccupationAmbassador
Years active1997–2021
Children3

Jan Hecker (15 February 1967 – 6 September 2021) was a German diplomat. Hecker was an advisor to German Chancellor Angela Merkel and a judge at the Federal Administrative Court, as well as an adjunct professor at the European University Viadrina. He died shortly after taking office as German ambassador to China.

See also

  • Du Wei (diplomat), Chinese ambassador to Israel who also died shortly after taking office.

References

  1. "The German ambassador to China, Jan Hecker, dies". Deutsche Welle. 6 September 2021. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
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