|
|
Hans Dietrich Gencher
by Ranga
 HANS
Dietrich Gencher who earned a name as the longest-serving German Foreign
Minister resigned after exactly 25 years as a minister. A tireless
traveller, his visits to the United States of America have often
eclipsed those of Chancellor Helmut Kohl because Gencher speaks fluent
English while Kohl does not. After East Germany’s peaceful revolution
in 1989, Gencher played a key role in rallying international support for
the unification of the communist East Germany with the prosperous West
Germany.
Gencher has visited India
more than once. He visited Delhi in 1981 and met many leaders. Before he
left he held a press conference in which he was at ease with
mediapersons. It is at this time that I made a sketch of him which I
presented to him soon after the press conference. He was happy and
responded with his signature on the sketch. He took a similar one back
home with him.
|
