Karl-Günther von Hase

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Karl-Günther von Hase, 1964

Karl-Günther von Hase (15 December 1917 – 9 May 2021) was a former German diplomat. He served as Ambassador of West Germany to the United Kingdom from 1970 to 1977. He also served as director-general (intendant) of the ZDF, the German public-service television broadcaster, from 1977 to 1982.

Von Hase was born in Gut Wangern, Breslau, Kingdom of Prussia. That area is now in Wrocław, a city in western Poland. He was married to Renate Stumpff, the daughter of general Hans-Jürgen Stumpff. The couple had five children. Hase turned 100 in December 2017[1] and died in May 2021 at the age of 103.[2]

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