List of German ambassadors to Belgium.
Heads of Mission
editAmbassadors of the German Empire
edit| Name | Image | Term Start | Term End | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Hermann Ludwig von Balan | 
|
1868 | 1871 | |
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| Hermann Ludwig von Balan |
|
1871 | 1874 | |
| Wilhelm von Perponcher-Sedlnitzky | 1874 | 1875 | ||
| Gustav von Brandenburg | 1876 | 1886 | ||
| Friedrich Johann von Alvensleben | 1886 | 1901 | Envoy | |
| Nikolaus von Wallwitz | 1901 | 1909 | Envoy | |
| Hans von Flotow | 1910 | 1912 | Envoy | |
| Claus von Below-Saleske | 1912 | 1914 | Envoy | |
| Otto Landsberg | .jpg)
|
1920 | 1923 | |
| Friedrich von Keller | 
|
1924 | 1928 | |
| Alfred Horstmann | 1928 | 1931 | ||
| Hugo Graf von Lerchenfeld | 1931 | 1933 | ||
| Raban Adelmann von Adelmannsfelden | 
|
1934 | 1936 | |
| Herbert von Richthofen | 1936 | 1938 | ||
| Vicco von Bülow-Schwante | 1938 | 1940 | ||
| Werner von Bargen | 1940 | 1943 | ||
Ambassadors of the Federal Republic of Germany
edit| Name | Image | Term Start | Term End | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Federal Republic of Germany
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| Anton Pfeiffer | 1950 | 1954 | ||
| Carl Friedrich Ophüls | 1955 | 1958 | ||
| Kurt Oppler | 1959 | 1963 | ||
| Herbert Siegfried | 1963 | 1966 | ||
| Georg Federer | 1966 | 1968 | ||
| Reinhold Renauld von Ungern-Sternberg | 1968 | 1973 | ||
| Peter Limbourg | 1973 | 1980 | ||
| Horst Blomeyer-Bartenstein | 1980 | 1983 | ||
| Christian Feit | 1983 | 1986 | ||
| Renate Finke-Osiander | 1987 | 1988 | ||
| Hans von Stein | 1991 | 1993 | ||
| Rolf Hofstetter | 1996 | 2000 | ||
| Peter von Butler | 2000 | 2004 | ||
| Johann Christoph Jessen | 2004 | 2007 | ||
| Reinhard Bettzuege | 2007 | 2011 | ||
| Eckart Cuntz | 
|
2011 | 2015 | |
| Rüdiger Lüdeking | 2015 | 2018 | ||
| Martin Kotthaus | 2018 | Present | ||
Ambassador of German states (before 1871)
editBavarian envoys
edit1824: Establishment of diplomatic relations
| Name | Image | Term Start | Term End | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Franz Oliver von Jenison-Walworth | 
|
1824 | 1826 | |
| Vacant | 1826 | 1847 | ||
| Maximilian von Marogna | 1847 | 1867 | ||
| Friedrich von Quadt-Wykradt-Isny | 1867 | 1868 | ||
| Maximilian von Gise | 1868 | 1869 | ||
| Carl Johann Friedrich von Niethammer | 1869 | 1871 | ||
| 1872-1914: Represented by the Bavarian ambassador in Paris | ||||
1914: Dissolution of the embassy
Prussian envoys
edit1831: Establishment of diplomatic relations[1]
| Name | Image | Term Start | Term End | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Kingdom of Prussia
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| Heinrich Friedrich von Arnim-Heinrichsdorff-Werbelow | 1831 | 1841 | ||
| Alexander von Arnim-Suckow | 
|
1841 | 1845 | |
| Rudolf von Sydow | 1845 | 1847 | ||
| Theodor Franz Christian von Seckendorff | 1847 | 1852 | ||
| Adolf von Brockhausen | 1852 | 1858 | ||
| Heinrich Alexander von Redern | 1859 | 1863 | ||
| Hermann Ludwig von Balan |
|
1864 | 1868[2] | |
From 1867: Ambassador of the North German Confederation
Saxon envoys
edit| Name | Image | Term Start | Term End | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Kingdom of Saxony
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| Albin Leo von Seebach | 1852 | 1862 | ||
| Richard von Könneritz | _14_213_3_Justizminister_v_K%C3%B6nneritz.PNG)
|
1862 | 1863 | |
| Oswald von Fabrice | 
|
1864 | 1874 | |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Bringmann, Tobias C. (2001). Handbuch der Diplomatie, 1815–1963: Auswärtige Missionschefs in Deutschland und Deutsche Missionschefs im Ausland von Metternich bis Adenauer. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter. p. 310.
- ^ Emil Julius Hugo Steffenhagen (1875), "Balan, Joseph Wilhelm", Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol. 1, Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot, p. 779