What is Jan Hecker?
[[File:Ambassador Jan Hecker.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Hecker in June 2021]] '''Jan Hecker''' (15 February 1967 – 5 September 2021) was a German lawyer and politician. Hecker was an advisor to German Chancellor [[Angela Merkel]]. He was a judge at the [[Federal Administrative Court (Germany)|Federal Administrative Court]] and an adjunct professor at the [[European University Viadrina]]. In late August 2021, Hecker became the [[List of ambassadors of Germany to China|Ambassador]] to the [[People's Republic of China]].<ref>{{cite news |title=The German ambassador to China, Jan Hecker, dies |url=https://www.dw.com/en/the-german-ambassador-to-china-jan-hecker-dies/a-59094563 |access-date=6 September 2021 |publisher=Deutsche Welle |date=6 September 2021}}</ref> Hecker was born in [[Kiel]], [[West Germany]]. Hecker died on 5 September 2021 in [[Beijing]], China at the age of 54.<ref>{{cite news |title=Deutscher Botschafter in China gestorben |url=https://www.faz.net/aktuell/politik/deutscher-botschafter-jan-hecker-in-china-gestorben-17520731.html |access-date=6 September 2021 |publisher=Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung |date=6 September 2021}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Hecker, Jan}} [[Category:1967 births]] [[Category:2021 deaths]] [[Category:Ambassadors of Germany]] [[Category:German judges]] [[Category:German lawyers]] [[Category:People from Kiel]] [[Category:German academics]] {{bio-stub}}