List of German ministers, envoys and ambassadors to Japan
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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 Consul Consul was the highest elected office of the Roman Republic and an appointive office under the Empire. The title was also used in other city states and also revived in modern states, notably in the First French Republic... |
Max August Scipio von Brandt |
| February 2, 1867 | 代理公使 | Chargé d'affaires Chargé d'affaires In diplomacy, chargé d’affaires , often shortened to simply chargé, is the title of two classes of diplomatic agents who head a diplomatic mission, either on a temporary basis or when no more senior diplomat has been accredited.-Chargés d’affaires:Chargés d’affaires , who were... |
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 Theodor von Holleben Theodor von Holleben was a German diplomat.-Biography:Holleben was educated at the universities of Heidelberg, Berlin and Göttingen; became an officer in the Bodyguard Hussar Regiment; and took part in the Franco-Prussian War... |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| April 1878 | 代理公使 | Chargé d'affaires | Felix Freiherr von Gutschmid |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| March 29, 1898 | 特命全権公使 | Minister Plenipotentiary | Kasimir Graf von Leyden |
| May 23, 1900 | 臨時代理公使 | Chargé d'affaires ad interim | Georg von Wedel |
| May 10, 1901 | 特命全権公使 | Minister Plenipotentiary | Emmerich Graf von Arco Valley |
| February 28, 1906 | 臨時代理公使 | Chargé d'affaires ad interim | Friedrich Carl von Erckert |
| May 22, 1906 | 特命全権大使 | Ambassador Ambassador An ambassador is the highest ranking diplomat who represents a nation and is usually accredited to a foreign sovereign or government, or to an international organization.... |
Alfons Mumm von Schwarzenstein Alfons Mumm von Schwarzenstein Alfons Mumm von Schwarzenstein was a diplomat of the German Empire. He succeeded the murdered Baron Clemens von Ketteler as ambassador in Beijing in 1900.... |
| April 19, 1911 | 特命全権大使 | Ambassador | Arthur Graf Rex |
| August 1914 | |||
| August 1, 1920 | 代理大使 | Chargé d'affaires | Wilhelm Solf Wilhelm Solf Wilhelm Heinrich Solf was a German scholar, diplomat, jurist and statesman.-Early life:Wilhelm Solf was born into a wealthy and liberal family in Berlin. He attended secondary schools in Anklam in western Pomerania and in Mannheim... |
| February 26, 1921 | 特命全権大使 | Ambassador | Wilhelm Solf |
| December 1928 | 臨時代理大使 | Chargé d'affaires ad interim | Arthur von Schoen |
| January 1, 1929 | 特命全権大使 | Ambassador | Ernst Arthur Voretzsch |
| December 1933 | 臨時代理大使 | Chargé d'affaires ad interim | Willey Noebel |
| December 27, 1933 | 特命全権大使 | Ambassador | Herbert von Dirksen Herbert von Dirksen Herbert von Dirksen was a German diplomat who is best remembered as the last German Ambassador to Britain before World War II.- Biography :... |
| February 1938 | 臨時代理大使 | Chargé d'affaires ad interim | Willey 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 Heinrich Georg Stahmer Heinrich Georg Stahmer , economist by training, served as an aide to German Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop , special envoy to Japan and German Ambassador to Japan .A native of Hamburg, Germany, Stahmer fought during World War I and earned both classes of Iron... |
| May 1945 | |||
| April 28, 1952 | 臨時代理大使 | Chargé d'affaires ad interim | Heinrich Northe |
| May 19, 1955 | 特命全権大使 | Ambassador | Hans Kroll Hans Kroll Hans Kroll was a German career diplomat and after World War II ambassador in Belgrade, Tokyo and Moscow where he played a prominent role between 1958 to 1962.Kroll entered Weimar German diplomatic services... |
| May 13, 1958 | 特命全権大使 | Ambassador | Wilhelm Haas Wilhelm Haas Wilhelm Haas is a former German Ambassador to Israel, Japan, and the Netherlands.-Career:Before becoming an ambassador, Haas, a 1953 graduate of Bowdoin College served as head of the West German Law of the Sea Delegation at the United Nations, as head of the African Bureau in your country's... |
| September 10, 1961 | 臨時代理大使 | Chargé d'affaires ad interim | F. van Briessen |
| March 10, 1962 | 特命全権大使 | Ambassador | Herbert Dittmann |
| January 19, 1965 | 臨時代理大使 | Chargé d'affaires ad interim | Walter Boss |
| March 18, 1966 | 特命全権大使 | Ambassador | Franz Krapf |
| March 26, 1971 | 臨時代理大使 | Chargé d'affaires ad interim | Heinrich Rohreke |
| April 5, 1971 | 特命全権大使 | Ambassador | Wilhem G. Grewe |
| October 9, 1976 | 臨時代理大使 | Chargé d'affaires ad interim | Hartmut Schulze-Boysen |
| March 23, 1977 | 特命全権大使 | Ambassador | Günter O. Diehl |
| April 20, 1981 | 特命全権大使 | Ambassador | Klaus W. G. Blech |
| 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 |
| September 28, 1990 | 特命全権大使 | Ambassador | Wilhelm Haas |
| July 11, 1994 | 特命全権大使 | Ambassador | Heinrich-Dietrich Dieckmann |
| September 22, 1997 | 特命全権大使 | Ambassador | Frank Elbe |
| September 22, 1999 | 特命全権大使 | Ambassador | Uwe Kästner |
| 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 |
| October 21, 2010 | 特命全権大使 | Ambassador | Volker Stanzel |
Sources
- Nihon Kingendaishi JitenNihon Kingendaishi JitenNihon Kingendaishi Jiten is a dictionary of contemporary Japanese history published in 1978, as the revision of Nihon Kindaishi Jiten of 1958...
, "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