Immo Stabreit

Immo Stabreit grew up in Berlin and studied history at Princeton, where he wrote a thesis on German politics in the years before Hitler took power. He then studied law in Berlin and Heidelberg and earned a doctorate. His diplomatic work included Soviet affairs, further study at Harvard, and service at the International Energy Agency in Paris. ¹

Stabreit represented West Germany in South Africa before becoming ambassador in Washington in 1992. During his American posting, he participated in the Library of Congress symposium accompanying its 1994 exhibition on German resistance to Hitler. ^{1, 2}

He subsequently served as ambassador in France and remained involved in international affairs through the Global Panel Foundation. He retired in 2002 and died on 1 November 2025. ¹