List of ambassadors of Germany to Italy

This is an incomplete list of ambassadors from Germany to Italy.

History

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The below lists contain the highest-ranking representatives of the North German Confederation (1866–1871), the German Empire (1871–1945) and the Federal Republic of Germany (since 1951) in the Kingdom of Italy (1861–1946) and the Italian Republic (since 1946). The capital of Italy and the official headquarters of the German embassy were Turin (1861–1865), Florence (1865–1870) and Rome (since 1870). The German ambassador in Rome has also been accredited for the Republic of San Marino since 1995.[1]

Ambassadors

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Name Image Term Start Term End Notes
  North German Confederation
Guido von Usedom 1868 1869[2]
Brassier de Saint-Simon-Vallade   1869 1872[3][4]
  /   /   German Empire
Robert von Keudell 1873 1887
Eberhard zu Solms-Sonnenwalde 1887 1893
Bernhard von Bülow   1893 1897
Anton Saurma von der Jeltsch   1897 1899[5]
Karl von Wedel   1899 1902
Anton von Monts de Mazin 1903 1909
Gottlieb von Jagow   1909 1913
Hans von Flotow 1913 1915
John von Berenberg-Gossler 1920 1921
Konstantin von Neurath   1921 1930
Karl von Schubert   1930 1932
Ulrich von Hassell   1932 1938
Hans Georg von Mackensen   1938 1943
Otto Christian Archibald von Bismarck   August 1942 August 1943[6] chargé d'affaires
Rudolf Rahn   1943 1945 General representative in Salò
  Federal Republic of Germany
Clemens von Brentano 1951 1957
Manfred Klaiber   1957 1963
Herbert Blankenhorn   1963 1965
Hans-Heinrich Herwarth von Bittenfeld 1965 1969
Rolf Lahr   1969 1973
Hermann Meyer-Lindenberg   1974 1977
Hans Arnold 1977 1981
Rüdiger von Wechmar   1981 1983
Lothar Lahn 1983 1986
Friedrich Ruth   1986 1992
Konrad Seitz 1992 1994
Dieter Kastrup 1994 1998
Fritjof von Nordenskjöld 1998 2000
Klaus Neubert 2001 2004
Michael H. Gerdts   2004 2007
Michael Steiner   2007 2010
Michael H. Gerdts   2010 2012
Reinhard Schäfers 2012 2015 [7]
Susanne Wasum-Rainer   2015 2018
Viktor Elbling   2018 2023
Hans-Dieter Lucas   2023 Present

Envoys from the German States (before 1871)

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Bavarian envoys

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Name Image Term Start Term End Notes
1865: Establishment of diplomatic relations
Ferdinand von Hompesch-Bollheim   1865 1868
Ludwig von Paumgarten-Frauenstein 1868 1870
Wilhelm von Dönniges   1870 1872
Alfred Ludwig von Bibra 1872 1880
Rudolf von Tautphoeus 1880 1885
Karl Moy de Sons 1886 1887
Clemens von Podewils-Dürniz   1887 1896
Heinrich Tucher von Simmelsdorf 1896 1903
Rudolf von und zu Tann-Rathsamhausen 1903 1915
1915: Breaking off diplomatic relations
1919: Dissolution of the embassy

Prussian envoys

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Envoy to Savoy-Piedmont (until 1720)

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Name Image Term Start Term End Notes
16??: Establishment of diplomatic relations
Gottfried von Jena   c. 1665
François de Langes c. 1703

Envoy to Sardinia-Piedmont (1720–1862)

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Name Image Term Start Term End Notes
Johann Friedrich von Cocceji c. 1759
Friedrich von Waldburg-Truchsess 1816 1827
Friedrich von Martens 1827 1829
Bogislaw von Maltzahn 1829 1830 Resident in Vienna
August Schoultz von Ascheraden 1830 1832 [8]
Friedrich Ludwig III von Truchsess zu Waldburg 1832 1844
Heinrich Alexander von Redern 1845 1848
Georg von Werthern   1848 1850
Heinrich Alexander von Redern 1850 1854
Joseph Maria Anton Brassier de Saint-Simon-Vallade   1854 1862
1862: Recognition of the Kingdom of Italy by Prussia

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Amt, Auswärtiges. "German missions in Italy". www.auswaertiges-amt.de. German Federal Foreign Office. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
  2. ^ Bundesgesetzblatt des Norddeutschen Bundes Band 1869, Seite 288 auf Wikisource
  3. ^ Bundesgesetzblatt des Norddeutschen Bundes Band 1869, Seite 288 auf Wikisource
  4. ^ Tobias C. Bringmann (2001), Handbuch der Diplomatie, 1815–1963: Auswärtige Missionschefs in Deutschland und Deutsche Missionschefs im Ausland von Metternich bis Adenauer, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, pp. 99, 143
  5. ^ zeno.org
  6. ^ Falanga, Gianluca (2008). Mussolinis Vorposten in Hitlers Reich: Italiens Politik in Berlin 1933-1945 (in German). Ch. Links Verlag. p. 191. ISBN 978-3-86153-493-8. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
  7. ^ Short biography, German Embassy in Rome
  8. ^ Kahl, Paul; Kalvelage, Hendrik (29 June 2015). Das Goethe-Nationalmuseum in Weimar: Band 1: Das Goethehaus im 19. Jahrhundert. Dokumente (in German). Wallstein Verlag. pp. 226, 244. ISBN 978-3-8353-2738-2. Retrieved 9 January 2024.