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Jan Hecker
Born(1967-02-15)15 February 1967
Kiel, Germany
Died6 September 2021(2021-09-06) (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 lawyer and 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.

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 University of Cambridge 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 University of Göttingen. Hecker became ambassador to China at the end of August 2021. He died only a few days after taking office at the age of 54. The circumstances of his death are unclear.

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.
  2. "Botschafter Dr. Jan Hecker". Auswärtiges Amt. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
  3. "Deutscher Botschafter in China gestorben". Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. 6 September 2021. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
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