This is an incomplete list of ambassadors from Germany to Italy.
History The below lists contain the highest-ranking representatives of the North German Confederation (1866–1871), the German Empire (1871–1945) and the Federal Republic of Germany (since 1951) in the Kingdom of Italy (1861–1946) and the Italian Republic (since 1946). The capital of Italy and the official headquarters of the German embassy were Turin (1861–1865), Florence (1865–1870) and Rome (since 1870). The German ambassador in Rome has also been accredited for the Republic of San Marino since 1995.
Ambassadors Name Image Term Start Term End Notes North German Confederation Guido von Usedom 1868 1869Bundesgesetzblatt des Norddeutschen Bundes Band 1869, Seite 288 auf Wikisource Brassier de Saint-Simon-Vallade 1869 1872Bundesgesetzblatt des Norddeutschen Bundes Band 1869, Seite 288 auf Wikisource / / German Empire Robert von Keudell 1873 1887 Eberhard zu Solms-Sonnenwalde 1887 1893 Bernhard von Bülow 1893 1897 Anton Saurma von der Jeltsch 1897 1899zeno.org Karl von Wedel 1899 1902 Anton von Monts de Mazin 1903 1909 Gottlieb von Jagow 1909 1913 Hans von Flotow 1913 1915 John von Berenberg-Gossler 1920 1921 Konstantin von Neurath 1921 1930 Karl von Schubert 1930 1932 Ulrich von Hassell 1932 1938 Hans Georg von Mackensen 1938 1943 Otto Christian Archibald von Bismarck August 1942 August 1943 chargé d'affaires Rudolf Rahn 1943 1945 General representative in Salò Federal Republic of Germany Clemens von Brentano 1951 1957 Manfred Klaiber 1957 1963 Herbert Blankenhorn 1963 1965 Hans-Heinrich Herwarth von Bittenfeld 1965 1969 Rolf Lahr 1969 1973 Hermann Meyer-Lindenberg 1974 1977 Hans Arnold 1977 1981 Rüdiger von Wechmar 1981 1983 Lothar Lahn 1983 1986 Friedrich Ruth 1986 1992 Konrad Seitz 1992 1994 Dieter Kastrup 1994 1998 Fritjof von Nordenskjöld 1998 2000 Klaus Neubert 2001 2004 Michael H. Gerdts 2004 2007 Michael Steiner 2007 2010 Michael H. Gerdts 2010 2012 Reinhard Schäfers 2012 2015 Short biography, German Embassy in Rome Susanne Wasum-Rainer 2015 2018 Viktor Elbling 2018 2023 Hans-Dieter Lucas 2023 2025 Thomas Bagger 2025
Envoys from the German States (before 1871)
Bavarian envoys Name Image Term Start Term End Notes 1865: Establishment of diplomatic relations Ferdinand von Hompesch-Bollheim 1865 1868 Ludwig von Paumgarten-Frauenstein 1868 1870 Wilhelm von Dönniges 1870 1872 Alfred Ludwig von Bibra 1872 1880 Rudolf von Tautphoeus 1880 1885 Karl Moy de Sons 1886 1887 Clemens von Podewils-Dürniz 1887 1896 Heinrich Tucher von Simmelsdorf 1896 1903 Rudolf von und zu Tann-Rathsamhausen 1903 1915 1915: Breaking off diplomatic relations 1919: Dissolution of the embassy
Prussian envoys Envoy to Savoy-Piedmont (until 1720) Name Image Term Start Term End Notes 16??: Establishment of diplomatic relations Gottfried von Jena François de Langes
Envoy to Sardinia-Piedmont (1720–1862) Name Image Term Start Term End Notes Johann Friedrich von Cocceji Friedrich von Waldburg-Truchsess 1816 1827 Friedrich von Martens 1827 1829 Bogislaw von Maltzahn 1829 1830 Resident in Vienna August Schoultz von Ascheraden 1830 1832 Friedrich Ludwig III von Truchsess zu Waldburg 1832 1844 Heinrich Alexander von Redern 1845 1848 Georg von Werthern 1848 1850 Heinrich Alexander von Redern 1850 1854 Joseph Maria Anton Brassier de Saint-Simon-Vallade 1854 1862 1862: Recognition of the Kingdom of Italy by Prussia
Ambassador at Rome
Name Image Term Start Term End Notes Barthold Georg Niebuhr 1816 1823 Christian Charles Josias von Bunsen 1823 1838
See also Italy–Germany relations
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