List of ambassadors of Germany to Japan

The following is a List of German ministers, envoys and ambassadors to Japan

Inaugural date Official Position (Japanese) Official Position Name
January 19, 1863 領事 Consul Max August Scipio von Brandt [de]
February 2, 1867 代理公使 Chargé d'affaires Max August Scipio von Brandt
July 20, 1868 総領事 Consul general Max August Scipio von Brandt
January 5, 1869 代理公使 Chargé d'affaires Max August Scipio von Brandt
June 1871 代理公使 Chargé d'affaires Theodor von Holleben
March 30, 1873 弁理公使 Chargé d'affaires Max August Scipio von Brandt
February 1875 代理公使 Chargé d'affaires Eduard Zappe [de]
April 1875 代理公使 Chargé d'affaires Theodor von Holleben
December 3, 1875 弁理公使 Chargé d'affaires Karl von Eisendecher [de]
April 1878 代理公使 Chargé d'affaires Felix Freiherr von Gutschmid [de]
June 14, 1880 特命全権公使 Minister Plenipotentiary Karl von Eisendecher
April 24, 1880 特命全権公使 Minister Plenipotentiary Otto Graf von Dönhoff [de]
March 11, 1886 特命全権公使 Minister Plenipotentiary Theodor von Holleben
December 10, 1892 特命全権公使 Minister Plenipotentiary Felix Freiherr von Gutschmid
March 3, 1897 臨時代理公使 Chargé d'affaires ad interim Karl Georg von Treuter [de]
March 29, 1898 特命全権公使 Minister Plenipotentiary Kasimir Graf von Leyden [de]
May 23, 1900 臨時代理公使 Chargé d'affaires ad interim Georg von Wedel [de]
May 10, 1901 特命全権公使 Minister Plenipotentiary Emmerich Graf von Arco Valley [de]
February 28, 1906 臨時代理公使 Chargé d'affaires ad interim Friedrich Carl von Erckert [de]
May 22, 1906 特命全権大使 Ambassador Alfons Mumm von Schwarzenstein
April 19, 1911 特命全権大使 Ambassador Arthur Graf Rex [de]
August 1914      
August 1, 1920 代理大使 Chargé d'affaires Wilhelm Solf
February 26, 1921 特命全権大使 Ambassador Wilhelm Solf
December 16, 1928 臨時代理大使 Chargé d'affaires ad interim Wilhelm Albrecht von Schoen [de]
January 1, 1929 特命全権大使 Ambassador Ernst Arthur Voretzsch [de]
December 1933 臨時代理大使 Chargé d'affaires ad interim Willy Eduard Noebel [de]
December 27, 1933 特命全権大使 Ambassador Herbert von Dirksen
February 1938 臨時代理大使 Chargé d'affaires ad interim Willy Eduard Noebel
April 28, 1938 特命全権大使 Ambassador Eugen Ott
February 4, 1943 特命全権大使 Ambassador Heinrich Georg Stahmer
May 1945      
April 28, 1952 臨時代理大使 Chargé d'affaires ad interim Heinrich Northe [de]
May 19, 1955 特命全権大使 Ambassador Hans Kroll
May 13, 1958 特命全権大使 Ambassador Wilhelm Haas [de]
September 10, 1961 臨時代理大使 Chargé d'affaires ad interim F. van Briessen [de]
March 10, 1962 特命全権大使 Ambassador Herbert Dittmann [de]
January 19, 1965 臨時代理大使 Chargé d'affaires ad interim Walter Boss [de]
March 18, 1966 特命全権大使 Ambassador Franz Krapf [de]
March 26, 1971 臨時代理大使 Chargé d'affaires ad interim Heinrich Rohreke [de]
April 5, 1971 特命全権大使 Ambassador Wilhelm Grewe
October 9, 1976 臨時代理大使 Chargé d'affaires ad interim Hartmut Schulze-Boysen [de]
March 23, 1977 特命全権大使 Ambassador Günter O. Diehl [de]
April 20, 1981 特命全権大使 Ambassador Klaus W. G. Blech [de]
July 10, 1984 特命全権大使 Ambassador Walter Boss
October 22, 1986 特命全権大使 Ambassador Hans-Joachim Hallier [de]
September 28, 1990 特命全権大使 Ambassador Wilhelm Haas [de]
July 11, 1994 特命全権大使 Ambassador Heinrich-Dietrich Dieckmann [de]
September 22, 1997 特命全権大使 Ambassador Frank Elbe [de]
September 22, 1999 特命全権大使 Ambassador Uwe Kästner [de]
December 22, 2001 特命全権大使 Ambassador Henrik Schmiegelow
July 1, 2006 特命全権大使 Ambassador Hans-Joachim Daerr [de]
October 21, 2010 特命全権大使 Ambassador Volker Stanzel [de]
April 9, 2014 特命全権大使 Ambassador Hans Carl von Werthern [de]
September 1, 2019 特命全権大使 Ambassador Ina Lepel [de]
September 1, 2021 特命全権大使 Ambassador Clemens von Goetze [de]

Sources

  • Nihon Kingendaishi Jiten, "Dictionary of Modern and Present Japanese History" (Tôyô Keizai Shinpôsha, 1978)
  • Nihon Gaikoshi Jiten, "Dictionary of Japanese Diplomatic History" (Tokyo: Yamakawa Shuppansha, 1992)
  • Website of the German embassy in Japan
  • Website of the Japanese embassy in Germany

See also