The German Institute Taipei (German: Deutsches Institut Taipei; ) is the overseas representative office of Germany in Taiwan, which promotes the non-diplomatic German-Taiwanese relations and looks after German interests there.
Tasks of the institution include the increasing of bilateral cooperation (especially in the field of culture and economy), dealing with consular affairs like visa or passport, providing a variety of services for German citizens in Taiwan and German-related information to Taiwanese people. In some instances, it maintains contacts with Taiwanese government on behalf of the Federal Republic of Germany, acting as a de facto embassy. The institute's affairs are led by a Director General, who acts as the German representative to Taiwan.
Its counterpart in Germany is the Taipei Representative Office in Berlin.
List of directors general No. Photo Name Tenure 1 2000 – 2002 2 2002 – 2005 3 Detlef Boldt 2005 – 2008 4 Birgitt Ory 2008 – 2011 5 Michael Zickerick 2011 – 2014 6 Martin Eberts 2014 – 2018 7 Thomas Prinz 2018 –2021 8 Jörg Polster 2021 – 2025 9 2025 –
List of deputy directors general No. Photo Name Tenure Jörg Polster 2000s Helmut Lüders 2003-2006 Pit Köhler ?-2010 Mirko Kruppa 2010-2014 Sabrina Schmidt-Koschella 2014-2020 Dagmar Traub-Evans 2020-
See also
Germany-Taiwan relations Foreign policy of Germany Foreign relations of Germany Foreign relations of Taiwan List of diplomatic missions of Germany List of diplomatic missions in Taiwan
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