Rüdiger von Wechmar
Former President of the United Nations General Assembly
Baron Rüdiger von Wechmar was a German diplomat. He was West German ambassador to the UN in the 1970s. During the thirty-fifth ordinary and the eighth emergency special sessions, from 1980 to 1981, he was President of the United Nations General... Wikipedia
Born: November 15, 1923, Berlin, Germany
Died: October 17, 2007 (age 83 years), Munich, Germany
Grandparents: Eberhard Friedrich Wilhelm von Wechmar and Baroness Friederike von Wechmar
Great-grandparents: Friederike von Geusau, Baron Carl von Wechmar, and Friedrich August Baron von Wechmar
Party: Free Democratic Party
Previous offices: German Ambassador to the United Kingdom (1983–1988) and President of the United Nations General Assembly (1980–1981)
Parents: Irnfried Freiherr von Wechmar