German Institute Taipei

German Institute Taipei
*Deutsches Institut Taipei*
德國在台協會
	Taipei 101, in which the German Institute Taipei is located.
Founded	2000
Type	Overseas representative office
Location	33rd floor, Taipei 101, Xinyi District, Taipei;
Area served	Republic of China (Taiwan)
Director General	Jörg Polster [de]
Website	German Institute Taipei

25°2′1″N 121°33′52″E / 25.03361°N 121.56444°E / 25.03361; 121.56444

The German Institute Taipei (German: Deutsches Institut Taipei); (Chinese: 德國在台協會; pinyin: Déguó Zài Tái Xiéhuì; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tek-kok chāi Tâi Hia̍p-hōe) is the overseas representative office of Germany in Taiwan, which promotes the non-diplomatic German-Taiwanese relations^[3] and looks after German interests there.^[4] Tasks of the institution includes the increasing of bilateral cooperation (especially in the field of culture and economy),^[3] dealing with consular affairs like Visa or passport, providing a variety of services for German citizens in Taiwan^[5] and German-related information to Taiwanese people.^[1] In some instances, it maintains contacts with Taiwanese government on behalf of the Federal Republic of Germany, acting as a de facto embassy.^[6] Institute affairs are led by a Director General (German: Generaldirektor), who acts as the German representative to Taiwan.^[7]

Its counterpart in Germany is the Taipei Representative Office in the Federal Republic of Germany in Berlin.^[8]

List of directors general

No.	Name	Tenure
01	Klaus Rupprecht [de]	2000 – 2002^[9]
02	Ulrich Dreesen [de]	2002 – 2005^[9]
03	Detlef Boldt	2005 – 2008^[9]
04	Birgitt Ory	2008 – 2011^[9]
05	Michael Zickerick	2011 – 2014^[9]
06	Martin Eberts	2014 – 2018^[9]
07	Thomas Prinz	2018 –2021^[10]^[11]
08	Jörg Polster [de]	2021 –

List of deputy directors general

No.	Photo	Name	Tenure
		Jörg Polster	2000s^[11]
		Helmut Lüders	2003-2006^[12]
		Pit Köhler	?-2010^[13]
		Mirko Kruppa	2010-2014^[13]
		Sabrina Schmidt-Koschella	2014-2020^[14]
		Dagmar Traub-Evans	2020-

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