Peter Florin

Peter Florin
Peter Florin
	Florin and Kurt Waldheim in 1973
President of the United Nations General Assembly
	In office; 1987–1988
Preceded by	Humayun Rashid Choudhury
Succeeded by	Dante Caputo
East German Ambassador to the; United Nations
	In office; 1973–1982
Preceded by	Horst Grunert
Succeeded by	Harry Ott
East German Ambassador to ; Czechoslovakia
	In office; 1967–1969
Preceded by	Heinz Willmann
Succeeded by	Herbert Krolikowski
Head of the International Relations Department of the Central Committee
	In office; 1953–1966
Secretary	Walter Ulbricht; Hermann Axen;
Preceded by	Grete Keilson
Succeeded by	Paul Markowski
Preceded by
Volkskammer
Member of the Volkskammer ; for Dresden-Süd, Dresden-West, Dresden-Mitte
	In office; 19 November 1954 – 5 April 1990
Preceded by	multi-member district
Succeeded by	Constituency abolished
Personal details
Born	2 October 1921; Cologne, Rhine Province, Free State of Prussia, Weimar Republic (now North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany)
Died	17 February 2014 (aged 92); Berlin, Germany
Political party	Socialist Unity Party; (1946–1989)
Other political; affiliations	Communist Party of Germany; (1945–1946)
Parent	Wilhelm Florin (father);
Alma mater	D. Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology (Dipl.-Ing.)
Occupation	Diplomat; Party Functionary;
Awards	Order of the Red Star; Patriotic Order of Merit, 1st class; Medal for Fighters Against Fascism; Banner of Labor; Order of the Patriotic War; Order of Karl Marx; Star of People's Friendship; Hero of Labour; Order of Karl Marx;
Military Service
Allegiance	Soviet Union
Service / branch	Red Army
Years of service	1941–1944
Battles / wars	Second World War
	Central institution membership 1958–1989: Full member,; Central Committee ; 1954–1958: Candidate member,; Central Committee ; Other offices held 1973–1989: Deputy Minister,; Ministry for Foreign Affairs ; 1969–1973: State Secretary,; Ministry for Foreign Affairs ; 1949–1950: Deputy Head, International Relations Department of the Central Committee ;

Peter Florin (2 October 1921 – 17 February 2014) was an East German politician and diplomat.