Ulrich Wickert (born 2 December 1942) is a German journalist. He is one of the best-known broadcasters in Germany.

Early life

Born in

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, Japan, Wickert grew up in

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and

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as a result of his father

Erwin Wickert Erwin Wickert (7 January 1915 – 26 March 2008) was a German diplomat who, during the 1970s, served as the ambassador to Romania and China. Early life and education Born in Bralitz and raised in Wittenberg, Wickert applied to join the '' Sturmab ...

being employed with

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as a German diplomat. In the 1960s, he studied law and political sciences at the

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. In 1962, he spent a year at

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on a

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. After passing the first level of German bar exams in 1968, he started working as freelance radio producer for ARD, becoming a full-time editor there a short time later.

Career

Between 1969 and 1977, Wickert was an editor for ''Monitor'', a political affairs program produced by the WDR network. He was deployed as a correspondent for every French

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between 1969 and 1978. In 1978 he was made French correspondent and transferred to the Paris bureau of the ARD. In 1981, he founded the discussion group "Journalists for Public Broadcasting"; in that same year he became chief correspondent of the ARD bureau in

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. In 1984 he became chief correspondent of the Paris ARD bureau. From July 1991 to August 2006 he was chief

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for ''

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'', in alternation with

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(1991–1997),

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(1997–2001) and

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(2001–2006). On 11 April 2004 he announced that he would not seek a renewal of his contract, which expired in 2006. On 1 September 2006 Wickert was succeeded by

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bureau chief

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. He was elevated to the French

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in 2005 for his service to French-German relations. Wickert is in his third marriage, to Julia Jäkel,

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of the publishing house

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. He is the uncle of actress

Emily Wood Emily Wood (October 11, 1978 ) is a German actress. Life and career Wood became known through her performances in the Sat.1-comedy series '' Sechserpack''. She also appeared in '' Alpha Team'', ''Großstadtrevier'', ''Der Ermittler'' and '' Sch ...

.Emily Wood biography

References

External links

*
Interview with Ulrich Wickert: "Bunt und locker flockig reicht nicht"
(in German, b
sbznet.de
{{DEFAULTSORT:Wickert, Ulrich 1942 births Living people German male journalists German television reporters and correspondents German broadcast news analysts 20th-century German journalists 21st-century German journalists University of Bonn alumni Wesleyan University alumni Officers Crosses of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany ARD (broadcaster) people Westdeutscher Rundfunk people