The ambassador of Germany to China is an officer of the German Foreign Office and the head of the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany to the People's Republic of China. The position has the rank and status of an ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary and is currently held by Patricia Flor. The Federal Republic of Germany and the PRC have enjoyed diplomatic relations since 1972, while the German Democratic Republic had relations with the PRC from 25 October 1949. Unofficial representation to Taiwan has been undertaken by the German Institute Taipei since 2000.

Office holders

German Ministers to China, 1873–1931 IncumbentStart of termEnd of termMax von Brandt18731893Gustav Freiherr Schenck zu Schweinsberg18931896Edmund Friedrich Gustav von Heyking18961899Clemens von Ketteler18991900Alfons Mumm von Schwarzenstein19001905Arthur von Rex19061911Elmershaus von Haxthausen19111914Emil Krebs (Chargé d'Affaires)February 1914March 1914Paul von Hintze19141917Relations severed on China's entry in the First World War.Herbert von Borch19281931

Ambassadors of Germany to China, 1931–1945 IncumbentStart of termEnd of termOskar Trautmann19311938Ambassador recalled on outbreak of the Sino-Japanese War.Recognition transferred to Reorganized National Government.Heinrich Georg Stahmer19411942Ernst Wörmann 19431945

Ambassadors of the Federal Republic of Germany IncumbentStart of termEnd of termHeinrich Röhreke (Chargé d'Affaires) 10 October 19721973Rolf Friedemann Pauls19731976Erwin Wickert19761980Per Fischer19801987Hannspeter Hellbeck19871992Armin Freitag19921995Konrad Seitz19951999Hans-Christian Ueberschaer19992001Joachim Broudré-Gröger20012004Volker Stanzel20042007Michael Schaefer20072013August 2013August 2018Dr. Clemens von Goetze, German Ambassador in China, CV. Retrieved 12 February 2019 (German)September 2018August 2021Jan Hecker24 August 20216 September 2021 Frank Rückert (Chargé d'Affaires) 6 September 2021 incumbent

Ambassadors of the German Democratic Republic, 1949–1990 IncumbentStart of termEnd of termJohannes König19501955Richard Gyptner 19551958Paul Wandel 19581961 Josef Hegen 19611964Günter Kohrt19641966Martin Bierbach 19661969Gustav Hertzfeldt 19691973Johann Wittik 19731976Helmut Liebermann19761982Rolf Berthold19822 October 1990

See also Germany-China relations Foreign relations of Germany

References Tobias C. Bringmann: Handbuch der Diplomatie, 1815-1963: Auswärtige Missionschefs in Deutschland und Deutsche Missionschefs im Ausland von Metternich bis Adenauer, de Gruyter, 2001, p. 91.

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