List of ambassadors of Germany to South Africa

The list of German ambassadors in South Africa contains all charge d'affaires of the German Empire and the Federal Republic of Germany in South Africa.

History

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An envoy, as chargé d'affaires, was sent for the first time in 1955, previously Consuls general, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary. The ambassador also has jurisdiction over Eswatini (formerly Swaziland) and Lesotho. The current headquarters of the embassy is in Pretoria.[1] Before 1928, the headquarters of the Consulate General was Cape Town.

German Empire

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Name Image Term Start Term End Notes
Ernst Bieber 1885 1888
Ernst Heinrich von Treskow   1889 1895
Bruno von Schuckmann   1895 1899
Heinrich Johann Focke 1899 1901
Friedrich von Lindequist   1901 1905
Hans Paul von Humboldt-Dachroeden 1905 1914
Alex Bernhard Tigges 1928 1929
Paul Roh 1929 1933 Consul General 1st Class
Friedrich Wilhelm von Keßler 1931 1933 Consul General, Chargé d’Affaires[2]
Emil Wiehl   1933 1937 [3]
Rudolf Leitner 1937 1939

Federal Republic of Germany

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Name Image Term Start Term End Notes
Rudolf Holzhausen 1951 1954 1951: Consul General; 1952: Envoy; 1954: Ambassador
Gustav Strohm 1955 1957
Hans Ulrich Granow 1958 1961
Karl Overbeck 1961 1963
Werner Junker 1963 1967
Gustav Adolf Sonnenhol   1968 1971
Erich Strätling 1971 1976
Hans-Joachim Eick 1976 1980
Ekkehard Eickhoff 1980 1983
Carl Lahusen 1985 1986
Fritz Ziefer 1987 1987 Counselor, Chargé d'Affaires
Immo Stabreit 1987 1992
Hans-Christian Ueberschaer   1992 1995
Uwe Kaestner 1995 1998
Harald Ganns 1998 2000
Anna-Margareta Peters 2000 2003
Harro Adt 2004 2007
Dieter W. Haller 2007 2011
Horst Freitag 2011 2015
Walter Johannes Lindner 2015 2017
Martin Schäfer 2017 2021
Andreas Peschke 2021 Present [4][5]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Amt, Auswärtiges. "Welcome to the German Missions in South Africa, Lesotho and Eswatini". southafrica.diplo.de. Federal Foreign Office. Retrieved 2 February 2024.
  2. ^ bundesarchiv.de
  3. ^ bundesarchiv.de
  4. ^ "Botschafter Peschke überreichte Beglaubigungsschreiben in Pretoria/Südafrika" (PDF). Bundesanzeiger. Auswärtiges Amt. 2021-11-05. Retrieved 2021-11-06.
  5. ^ "South Africa, Germany sign agreement for vaccines production | SAnews". South African Government News Agency. 15 September 2023. Retrieved 2 February 2024.