The list of German ambassadors in Paraguay contains the highest-ranking representatives of the German Empire and the Democratic Republic of Germany in Paraguay. The seat of the embassy is Asunción.
History
An embassy was not established in Asunción until 6 May 1922, although diplomatic relations with the Kingdom of Prussia had existed since 1858. Before 1922, the professional consul there acted as chargé d'affaires "for the period when the envoy was not present" (which was almost always the case). The diplomatic representative accredited in Asunción was the envoy in Buenos Aires until 1920 (previously known as the "envoy to the La Plata states"). Paul Goetsch was the first envoy to Montevideo. The charge d'affaires in Asunción was Consul Wolfgang Frank until 14 March 1921 and then Consul Karl Pistor until the opening of the embassy. The consulate in Asunción was not closed during World War I but there was a break off of relations in 1942 during World War II that lasted until 1952.
German Empire
| Name | Image | Term Start | Term End | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Goetsch | 1920 | 1922 | Envoy | |
| Rudolf von Bülow | 1922 | 1933 | Envoy | |
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1933 | 1934 | Envoy |
| Erhard Graf von Wedel | 1934 | 1937 | Envoy | |
| Hans Büsing | 1937 | 1941 | Envoy; died in office on 20 July 1941. |
Federal Republic of Germany
| Name | Image | Term Start | Term End | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Julius Borgs-Maciejewski | 1952 | 1959 | Embassy opened by West Germany in 1954. | |
| Eckard Briest | 1960 | 1965 | ||
| Hubert Krier | 1965 | 1970 | ||
| Hanns-Christoph Becker von Sothen | 1970 | 1974 | ||
| Hellmut Hoff | 1975 | 1978 | ||
| Joseph Engels | 1978 | 1982 | ||
| Walter L. Groener | 1982 | 1984 | ||
| Konrad Gracher | 1984 | 1986 | ||
| Richard Louis | 1986 | 1989 | ||
| Heinz Schneppen | 1989 | 1993 | ||
| Joachim Kausch | 1993 | 1997 | ||
| Josef Rusnak | 1997 | 2001 | ||
| Peter Kiewitt | 2001 | 2004 | ||
| Horst-Wolfram Kerll | 2004 | 2007 | ||
| Dietmar Blaas | 2007 | 2010 | ||
| Claude Robert Ellner | 2010 | 2014 | ||
| Johannes Trommer | 2014 | 2016 | ||
| Claudius Fischbach | 2016 | 2020 | ||
| Holger Scherf | 2020 | Present |
References
- ^ Bringmann, Tobias C. (14 February 2012). Handbuch der Diplomatie 1815-1963: Auswärtige Missionschefs in Deutschland und deutsche Missionschefs im Ausland von Metternich bis Adenauer (in German). Walter de Gruyter. pp. 75–76. ISBN 978-3-11-095684-9. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
- Eicher, John P. R. (2 January 2020). Exiled Among Nations: German and Mennonite Mythologies in a Transnational Age. Cambridge University Press. p. 253. ISBN 978-1-108-48611-8. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
- Amt, Germany Auswärtiges (1949). Documents on German Foreign Policy, 1918-1945, from the Archives of the German Foreign Ministry. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 1252. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
- ^ Archived (Date missing) at asuncion.diplo.de (Error: unknown archive URL)
- "Haarsträubende Art", Der Spiegel, 24 January, no. 28, 1980
