List of ambassadors of Germany to Brazil

The list of German ambassadors in Brazil contains the highest-ranking representatives of the North German Confederation, the German Empire and the Federal Republic of Germany in Brazil.

History

As early as 1867, the North German Confederation had sent a representative for diplomatic affairs to Brazil. This post was then taken over by accredited diplomats from the German Empire, the Weimar Republic and the Third Reich until the representation in Rio de Janeiro was converted into a full-fledged embassy in 1937. With the establishment of Brasília as the new capital, the German embassy also moved there in 1970.

North German Confederation/German Empire

Name Image Term Start Term End Notes
Julius de Saint-Pierre 1867 1871 Minister-resident of the North German Confederation
Eberhard zu Solms-Sonnenwalde 1872 1873 Minister-resident of the German Empire
Xaver Uebel 1874 1877 Chargé d'affaires
Heinrich von Beust 1877 1879
Rudolf Friedrich Le Maistre 1879 1886
Otto Magnus von Dönhoff 1886 1892
Heinrich Graf von Luxburg 1892 1894 Chargé d'affaires
Friedrich Richard Krauel 1894 1898
Emmerich von Arco-Valley 1898 1900
Karl Georg von Treutler 1901 1907
Franz von Reichenau 1907 1908
Emmerich von Arco-Valley 1909 1909
Christian Gustav Michahelles 1910 1913
Adolf Pauli 1913 1917
Georg Alfred Plehn 1920 1925
Hubert Knipping 1925 1932
Arthur Schmidt-Elskop 1933 1937 Envoy
Karl Ritter 1937 1938
Curt Max Prüfer 1939 1942

Federal Republic of Germany

Name Image Term Start Term End Notes
Fritz Oellers 1951 1956
Carl Werner Dankwort 1956 1958
Gebhardt von Walther 1958 1959
Herbert Dittmann 1959 1962
Gebhard Seelos 1962 1966
Ehrenfried von Holleben 1966 1971 Last German ambassador in Rio
Karl Hermann Knoke 1971 1974 First ambassador in the new capital Brasília
Horst Röding 1974 1977
Hansjörg Kastl 1977 1980
Franz Jochen Schoeller 1980 1983
Walter Gorenflos 1984 1987
Heinz Dittmann 1987 1990
Theodor Wallau 1991 1993
Herbert Limmer 1993 1995
Claus-Jürgen Duisberg 1995 1999
Hans-Bodo Bertram 1999 2001
Uwe Kaestner 2001 2004
Friedrich Prot von Kunow 2004 2009
Wilfried Grolig 2010 2014
Dirk Brengelmann 2014 2016
Georg Witschel 2016 2020 [1]
Heiko Thoms 2020 2023
Bettina Cadenbach 2023 Present [2][3]

See also

References

  1. ^ "DFG, German Research Foundation - Visit by the German Foreign Minister". www.dfg.de. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
  2. ^ "Agrément granted to Ambassador-designate of Germany to Brazil". www.gov.br. Ministério das Relações Exteriores. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
  3. ^ Amt, Auswärtiges. "German missions in Brazil". www.auswaertiges-amt.de. German Federal Foreign Office. Retrieved 24 January 2024.