The list of German ambassadors in South Africa contains all charge d'affaires of the German Empire and the Federal Republic of Germany in South Africa.
History An envoy, as chargé d'affaires, was sent for the first time in 1955, previously Consuls general, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary. The ambassador also has jurisdiction over Eswatini (formerly Swaziland) and Lesotho. The current headquarters of the embassy is in Pretoria. Before 1928, the headquarters of the Consulate General was Cape Town.
German Empire Name Image Term Start Term End Notes Ernst Bieber 1885 1888 Ernst Heinrich von Treskow 1889 1895 Bruno von Schuckmann 1895 1899 Heinrich Johann Focke 1899 1901 Friedrich von Lindequist 1901 1905 Hans Paul von Humboldt-Dachroeden 1905 1914 Alex Bernhard Tigges 1928 1929 Paul Roh 1929 1933 Consul General 1st Class Friedrich Wilhelm von Keßler 1931 1933 Consul General, Chargé d’Affairesbundesarchiv.de Emil Wiehl 1933 1937 bundesarchiv.de Rudolf Leitner 1937 1939
Federal Republic of Germany Name Image Term Start Term End Notes Rudolf Holzhausen 1951 1954 1951: Consul General; 1952: Envoy; 1954: Ambassador Gustav Strohm 1955 1957 Hans Ulrich Granow 1958 1961 Karl Overbeck 1961 1963 Werner Junker 1963 1967 Gustav Adolf Sonnenhol 1968 1971 Erich Strätling 1971 1976 Hans-Joachim Eick 1976 1980 Ekkehard Eickhoff 1980 1983 Carl Lahusen 1985 1986 Fritz Ziefer 1987 1987 Counselor, Chargé d'Affaires Immo Stabreit 1987 1992 Hans-Christian Ueberschaer 1992 1995 Uwe Kaestner 1995 1998 Harald Ganns 1998 2000 Anna-Margareta Peters 2000 2003 Harro Adt 2004 2007 Dieter W. Haller 2007 2011 Horst Freitag 2011 2015 Walter Johannes Lindner 2015 2017 Martin Schäfer 2017 2021 Andreas Peschke 2021 Present
See also Germany–South Africa relations
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