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Peter Florin was born on 2 October, 1921 in Cologne, Germany, is an East German politician and diplomat. Discover Peter Florin's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 92 years old?
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92 years old |
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Libra |
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2 October, 1921 |
| Birthday |
2 October |
| Birthplace |
Cologne, Germany |
| Date of death |
17 February, 2014 |
| Died Place |
Berlin, Germany |
| Nationality |
Germany
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Peter Florin Height, Weight & Measurements
At 92 years old, Peter Florin height not available right now. We will update Peter Florin's Height, weight, Body Measurements, Eye Color, Hair Color, Shoe & Dress size soon as possible.
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Dating & Relationship status
He is currently single. He is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about He's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, He has no children.
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Wilhelm Florin (1894–1944) Therese Althammer/Florin (1902–1990) |
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Peter Florin Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Peter Florin worth at the age of 92 years old? Peter Florin’s income source is mostly from being a successful politician. He is from Germany. We have estimated Peter Florin's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Under Review |
| Net Worth in 2023 |
Pending |
| Salary in 2023 |
Under Review |
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Not Available |
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His father, Wilhelm Florin (1894 - 1944), was a leading figure in the pre-war Communist Party of Germany.
Peter Florin (2 October 1921 – 17 February 2014) was an East German politician and diplomat.
Florin was born in Cologne on 2 October 1921.
and, between 1924 and 1933, a member of the Reichstag (national parliament).
Florin left Germany with his parents in 1933, when Adolf Hitler came to power and began persecuting Communists, moving first to France and then to the Soviet Union, where he attended the Karl Liebknecht School.
There, he studied chemistry at the D. Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology.
During the Second World War, he fought with the Soviet partisans in Belarus.
In 1944, Florin became editor of Freies Deutschland, a weekly anti-Nazi newspaper.
At the end of the war, he returned to Germany as a member of the Ackermann Group, one of the regional groups sent to lay the groundwork for the Soviet Military Administration in Germany.
Following the war, Florin entered politics in the German Democratic Republic and served as vice-president of the regional parliament of Wittenberg, while working as chief editor of the daily newspaper Freiheit.
Then, from 1949 to 1952, he was an advisor for the East German ministry of foreign affairs.
In 1953, he was promoted to the head of the department of foreign affairs of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany's central committee.
From 1954 to 1971, he was a member of the country's parliamentary committee on foreign affairs, which he presided over for a time.
From 1967 to 1969, Florin was East Germany's ambassador to Czechoslovakia.
He supported the Soviet crushing of the Prague Spring uprising in 1968.
In 1969, he was named secretary of state and first deputy foreign minister.
From 1973 to 1982, Florin was the German Democratic Republic's permanent representative to the United Nations.
His wife Edel was, in the late 1980s, a professor of Russian literature at Humboldt University in East Berlin.
Florin spoke fluent German, Russian and English, and good French.
During his presidency of the United Nations General Assembly, he was, according to the New York Times, "nicknamed 'Comrade Glasnost' by delegates, who s[aw] him as him a symbol of the modern Communist of the Gorbachev era."
In 1982, he became president of the national commission for UNESCO in East Germany.
In 1987 and 1988, he presided over the forty-second session of the United Nations General Assembly.
Peter Florin was married, and had three children.
