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Hecker had only been in the ambassadorial role for a few days. The 54-year-old previously worked as a foreign policy advisor to German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
The German Ambassador to China and Angela Merkel confidant, Jan Hecker, has died after only a few days in the role, the Federal Foreign Office announced on Monday morning.
“It is with deep sadness and dismay that we learned of the sudden death of the German Ambassador to China,” the ministry said in a statement.
“Our thoughts at this moment are with his family and the people who were close to him.”
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Merkel confidant
Before taking up the Beijing post last month, Hecker was a foreign policy advisor to Chancellor Merkel.
Germany’s Foreign Office did not divulge the circumstances behind the diplomat’s death.
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