Doctor Suma Cum Laude in International Law from University of Strasburg, France. He completed Human Rights studies at the "Renne Cassin Institute", France. He also obtained an Honoris Causae Doctorate by Universidad Central del Este, Dominican Republic. He is Attorney at Law and Notary Public from the University of Costa Rica. He also studied Economics and Political Science in Bonn, Hamburg and Koln Universities, Germany.

Dr. Niehaus Q. is the current Costa Rican Ambassador in Germany, Hungary and the Czeck Republic (2002-). He was also former Costa Rican Ambassador to the United Nations Organization (1998-2002), and Minister of Foreign Affairs for the Government of Costa Rica (1980-1982 and 1990-1994). In 1994 he was candidate to the General Secretariat of the Organization of American States.

He has been a Professor of Public International Law, at the University of Costa Rica, and a member of the Costa Rican Bar Association since 1974. He speaks Spanish, German, French and English.

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