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Volker Stanzel (born 22 September 1948) is a retired German diplomat and the former ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to Japan and China. He now teaches political science at Claremont McKenna College in Claremont, California. == Career == Volker Stanzel studied at the University of Frankfurt am Main between 1968 and 1972, majoring in Japanese and Chinese Studies as well as Political Science. During his undergraduate degree, he studied abroad at the University of Kyoto. In 1980, he received a Ph.D. in Japanese and Chinese Studies and Political Science from the University of Cologne.〔(English version of Curriculum Vitae of the Ambassador ),〕 He joined the Foreign Service of the Federal Republic of Germany in 1979 and began his career at the German embassy in Rome. There, and in his next post in Bonn, Stanzel worked in the Economics division. In Japan (1982-1985), he worked in the Press and Political Division and in Hungary in 1985, he helped to run the first Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe devoted to Culture. From 1985 to 1987 Stanzel was the Chargé d'Affaires at the embassy in Aden, South Yemen. After this he worked in the Economics Department of the Foreign Office in Bonn before becoming the Assistant European Correspondent in the Political Department. From 1990 to 1993, Stanzel was director of Press and Information at the German Embassy in China. Subsequently, from 1993-1995 he was the head of the Operation Center in the Foreign Office in Bonn. In 1995, Stanzel became foreign policy adviser for the Social Democratic Party of Germany in the German Bundestag. Between 1998 and 1999, he was a visiting fellow with the German Marshall Fund in Washington, D.C. In 1999, Stanzel returned to Germany as Director of the Department for Non-Proliferation and Civilian Use of Nuclear Energy at the Foreign Office in Berlin. From 2001 to 2002, he was the Director for Asian and Pacific Affairs and from 2002 to 2004, the Director General for Political Affairs. After 25 years in the Foreign Service, Volker Stanzel became the ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to the People's Republic of China in 2004. In 2007, he was appointed Political Director of the German Foreign Service. In October 2009, Stanzel became the ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to Japan. Since retiring from the Foreign Service in October 2013, Stanzel has taught political science at Claremont McKenna College in California. At the same time, he is a member of the European Council on Foreign Relations and a Senior Policy Fellow for China in International Affairs at the Mercator Institute for China Studies in Berlin. He also continues to serve on the advisory board of China programs for the Robert Bosch Stiftung. Stanzel was a member of the SPD from 1966 to 2013. He was awarded the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany first class. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Volker Stanzel」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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