Wolfgang Heichel becomes a cultural envoy of Mongolia

Society
unurzul@montsame.mn
2018-02-12 13:14:25

Ulaanbaatar/MONTSAME/ According to Foreign Minister D.Tsogtbaatar’s decree dated January 15, German singer Wolfgang Heichel was appointed a cultural envoy of Mongolia. A certificate of the Cultural Envoy was presented to Wolfgang Heichel by Mongolia’s Ambassador to Federal Republic of Germany D.Ganbat on February 7 during the New Year’s reception organized at Mongolian Embassy.  

He became known for his affiliation to the pop group ‘Genghis Khan’. In May 1979, Genghis Khan took part in the Eurovision Song Contest for Germany in Jerusalem, and finished fourth with the song ‘Genghis Khan’. Genghis Khan also remained successful in the years that followed and received numerous gold records in Germany and abroad.
 
M.Unurzul