The ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to the Republic of the Philippines (, ) is the Federal Republic of Germany's foremost diplomatic representative in the Philippines. As head of Germany's diplomatic mission there, the ambassador is the official representative of the president and the government of Germany to the president and the government of the Philippines. The position has the rank and status of an ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary and is based in Makati, Metro Manila.
The German ambassador to the Philippines is also accredited as non-resident ambassador to the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia and Palau.
List of heads of mission Ambassadors to West Germany Name Image Term Start Term End West German head of State West German chancellor Philippine president Notes Friedrich Leopold Freiherr von Fürstenberg 1956 1963 Theodor Heuss (as President of West Germany)Heinrich Lübke Konrad Adenauer (as Chancellor of West Germany)Ludwig Erhard Ramon MagsaysayCarlos P. GarciaDiosdado Macapagal Günther Schlegelberger 1963 1963 Heinrich LübkeGustav Heinemann Ludwig ErhardKurt Georg KiesingerWilly Brandt Franz Ferring 1963 1964 Johann Karl von Stechow 1964 1967 Diosdado MacapagalFerdinand Marcos Heinrich Röhreke 1967 1969 Ferdinand Marcos Jobst von Buddenbrock 1970 1974Gustav HeinemannWalter ScheelKarl Carstens Willy BrandtWalter Scheel (acting)Helmut Schmidt Wolfgang Eger 1974 1980 Hildegunde Feilner 1980 1983 Karl CarstensRichard von Weizsäcker Helmut SchmidtHelmut Kohl Klaus Zeller 1983 1986 Helmut Kohl Ferdinand MarcosCorazon Aquino Peter Scholz 1986 1990 Corazon Aquino
Ambassadors of East Germany Name Image Term Start Term End East German head of State East German head of government Philippine president Notes Eberhard Feister 1978 1980 Erich HoneckerEgon Krenz Willi StophHans Modrow Ferdinand MarcosCorazon Aquino First and only non-resident ambassador; served from the East German embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia. Kurt Merkel 1981 1986 Eberhard Kunz 1986 1989Corazon Aquino Joachim Wittwer 1989 1990 Manfred GerlachSabine Bergmann-Pohl Hans ModrowLothar de Maizière Diplomatic relations between East Germany and the Philippines were terminated after the reunification.
Ambassadors of Germany (since the reunification) Name Image Term Start Term EndGerman head of StateGerman chancellorPhilippine president Notes Peter Scholz 1990 1994 Richard von Weizsäcker (later as President of the reunified Federal Republic of Germany)Roman Herzog Helmut Kohl (later as Chancellor of the reunified Federal Republic of Germany) Corazon AquinoFidel V. Ramos First ambassador of the newly reunified Germany to the Philippines. Karl-Friedrich Gansäuer 1995 1997 Roman HerzogJohannes Rau Helmut KohlGerhard Schröder Fidel V. RamosJoseph Estrada Wolfgang Göttelmann 1998 2000 Hermógenes E. Bacareza: Philippine-German relations: a modern history, 1834–2006. Band 1. UST Pub. House, 2007, S. 233 Herbert Jess 2000 2004 Gerhard SchröderAngela Merkel Joseph EstradaGloria Macapagal Arroyo Axel Weishaupt 2004 2007 Horst Köhler Angela Merkel Gloria Macapagal ArroyoBenigno Aquino III Christian-Ludwig Weber-Lortsch 2007 2011 Horst KöhlerJens Böhrnsen (acting)Christian Wulff Joachim Heidorn 2011 2013 Christian WulffHorst Seehofer (acting)Joachim Gauck Benigno Aquino IIIRodrigo Duterte Credentials were presented to President Benigno Aquino III on 4 October 2011. Thomas Ossowski 2014 2016 Credentials were presented to President Benigno Aquino III on 8 April 2014. Gordon Kricke 2016 2019 Joachim GauckFrank-Walter Steinmeier Rodrigo DuterteBongbong Marcos Anke Reiffenstuel 2019 2023 Frank-Walter Steinmeier Angela MerkelOlaf Scholz Credentials were presented to President Rodrigo Duterte on 20 August 2019. Andreas Pfaffernoschke 2023 present Olaf ScholzFriedrich Merz Bongbong Marcos Credentials were presented to President Bongbong Marcos on 17 August 2023.
See also Philippines–Germany relations List of ambassadors of the Philippines to Germany
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