Immo F.H. Stabreit ’53

Immo was born in Rathenow, Brandenburg, Prussia, Germany, and grew up in Berlin. He came to Princeton at the beginning of his junior year after studying at the Reislgymnasium and Schadowschule in Berlin. He joined Charter Club, majored in history, and wrote his thesis on “The National Socialist Party and the German Internationals in the Years 1929-1933.” He then studied law at the Free University of Berlin and Ruprecht Karls University of Heidelberg and earned a Ph.D. in 1963.

From 1964 to 1966, Stabreit was first secretary at the Foreign Office in Bonn. He then served as first secretary Department of the Soviet Union from 1966 to 1973 and served as deputy head of the Soviet Union office in Bonn, from 1974 to 1975. He studied at the Advanced Study Program at Harvard University. Immo served in the International Energy Agency in Paris until 1978. He was West German and German ambassador to South Africa from 1987 to 1992, ambassador to the United States from 1992 to 1995, and ambassador to France from 1995 to 1998. He was a member of the Advisory Board of the Global Panel Foundation, a respected NGO that works behind the scenes in crisis areas around the world.

In 1983, Stabreit became head of department for Foreign Affairs. He retired in 2002 and died Nov. 1, 2025.