About Herbert Krolikowski
Lived 1924 – 2012 (aged 88). Herbert Krolikowski was a German politician and diplomat.
Herbert Krolikowski (15 March 1924 – 28 November 2012) was an East German diplomat and politician. At various stages he was a government minister and his country's ambassador to Czechoslovakia. - in succession to Oskar Fischer (who now headed up the foreign ministry). Krolikowski and Fischer both remained in post until 1990 and the final chapter in the forty-year existence of the German Democratic Republic. He handed over to the Polish Foreign Minister, Henryk Jaroszek in May 1987 ahead of the subsequent meeting.
Awards and honours 1964 Patriotic Order of Merit in bronze 1977 Patriotic Order of Merit in gold 1984 Hero of Labour 1987 Banner of Labor 1st class 1989 Order of Karl Marx
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Who was Herbert Krolikowski?
German politician and diplomat
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Herbert Krolikowski was born on 15 March 1924 in Hamburg.
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Herbert Krolikowski died on 28 November 2012 in Berlin.
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Herbert Krolikowski was a politician and diplomat.
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Herbert Krolikowski was German.
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