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List of ambassadors of Germany to Greece

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List of German ambassadors in Greece contains the highest-ranking representatives of the North German Confederation, the German Empire, the Federal Republic of Germany and other German states (until 1871) in Greece. The embassy is based in Athens.

Envoys from the German States (before 1871)

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Bavarian envoys

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Relations between Bavaria and Greece were established in 1835.

Name Image Term Start Term End Notes
Egid von Kobell 1835
Klemens von Waldkirch 1837 1841
Otto von Bray-Steinburg 1841 1843 Also served as Minister-President of Bavaria
Carl von Grasser 1843 1847
Maximilian Joseph Pergler von Perglas 1847 1853 Also served as Envoy to France
Wolfgang von Thüngen 1853 1854
Maximilian von Feder 1855 1859
Ferdinand von Hompesch-Bollheim 1859 1863

Prussian envoys

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The building of the Prussian legation at Akadimias 23

Relations between Prussia and Greece were established in 1834.[1]

Name Image Term Start Term End Notes
Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig August von Lusi 1834 1838
Joseph Maria Anton Brassier de Saint-Simon-Vallade 1838 1844
Karl von Werther 1844 1850
Louis von Wildenbruch 1850 1852
Hermann von Thile 1852 1854
Robert von der Goltz 1855 1859
Georg von Werthern 1860 1862
Heinrich von Keyserlingk-Rautenburg 1862 1865
Johann Emil von Wagner[2] 1865 1868

Ambassadors of the North German Confederation

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Name Image Term Start Term End Notes
Chlodwig zu Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst 1848 1849

Ambassadors of the German Empire

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Name Image Term Start Term End Notes
Johann Emil von Wagner 1868 1874
Joseph Maria von Radowitz Jr. 1874 1882
Egon von den Brincken 1882 1887
Rudolf Friedrich Le Maistre 1887 1890
Ludwig von Wesdehlen 1890 1894
Ludwig von Plessen-Cronstern 1894 1902
Max von Ratibor und Corvey 1902 1906
Emmerich von Arco-Valley 1906 1908
Hans von Wangenheim 1909 1912
Albert von Quadt-Wykradt-Isny 1912 1915
Wilhelm von Mirbach-Harff 1915 1916 Envoy
Ludwig von Spee 1921 1922 Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Hans von Schoen 1922 1926
Martin Renner 1926 1929 Envoy
Radolf von Kardorff 1929 1931
Ernst Eisenlohr 1931 1936 Envoy
Viktor zu Erbach-Schönberg 1936 1941 Ambassador

Ambassadors of the Federal Republic of Germany

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Name Image Term Start Term End Notes
Werner von Grundherr zu Altenthann
und Weiherhaus
1951 1954[3]
Theodor Kordt 1953 1958[4]
Gebhard Seelos 1958 1961
Wilhelm Melchers 1961 1964
Oskar Hermann Artur Schlitter 1964 1969
Peter Limbourg 1969 1972
Dirk Oncken 1972 1977 Father of diplomat Emily Haber
Gisbert Poensgen 1977 1979
Helmut Sigrist 1979 1984[4]
Rüdiger von Pachelbel 1984 1988
Werner Ludwig Botho Hubertus von der Schulenburg 1988 1991
Leopold Bill von Bredow 1991 1996
Friedrich Reiche 1996 1999
Karl Heinz Kuhna 1999 2002
Albert Spiegel 2002 2005
Wolfgang Schultheiss 2005 2010
Roland Michael Wegener 2010 2012
Wolfgang Dold 2012 2013
Peter Schoof 2014 2017
Jens Plötner 2017 2019
Ernst Reichel 2019 2023
Andreas Kindl 2023 Present

See also

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References

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  1. ^ 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. 308 f
  2. ^ Ernennung von Bundesgesandten bei auswärtigen Mächten. Vom 29. Februar 1868 Bundesgesetzblatt des Norddeutschen Bundes 1868, Seite 17
  3. ^ Jaroch, Matthias (1999). Akten zur auswärtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland: 1951 (in German). R. Oldenbourg. p. 750. ISBN 978-3-486-56418-1. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
  4. ^ a b Heinrich Dreidoppel, Ursula Diepgen-Margára: Eine deutsche Journalistin in Griechenland