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John Kornblum was US ambassador to Germany until 2001. He was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit with Star. Now he is dead.
Born in Detroit on February 3, 1943, Kornblum entered the diplomatic service in 1964. He made a name for himself on the international stage, among other things, he was known as a fighter and as a negotiator and US representative in the Yugoslavia conflict. From July 1996 until his nomination for the post of US Ambassador to Germany in May 1997, he headed the European Affairs Department at the US State Department.
Multiple awards
Even before he was sent as US ambassador to Germany, Kornblum had already served six posts in the Federal Republic or Austria. After his term as US ambassador to Germany ended in 2001, Kornblum moved to the investment bank Lazard, where he became head of Germany.
Kornblum was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit with Star in 1990, made an honorary citizen of Sarajevo in 1997 and in 1990, in the year of the government parade, he received the “Order Against Animal Seriousness”.
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