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List of ambassadors of Germany to Paraguay

The list of German ambassadors in Paraguay contains the highest-ranking representatives of the German Empire and the Democratic Republic of Germany in Paraguay. The seat of the embassy is Asunción.

History

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An embassy was not established in Asunción until 6 May 1922, although diplomatic relations with the Kingdom of Prussia had existed since 1858. Before 1922, the professional consul there acted as chargé d'affaires "for the period when the envoy was not present" (which was almost always the case). The diplomatic representative accredited in Asunción was the envoy in Buenos Aires until 1920 (previously known as the "envoy to the La Plata states").[1] Paul Goetsch was the first envoy to Montevideo. The charge d'affaires in Asunción was Consul Wolfgang Frank until 14 March 1921 and then Consul Karl Pistor until the opening of the embassy. The consulate in Asunción was not closed during World War I but there was a break off of relations in 1942 during World War II that lasted until 1952.[1]

German Empire

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Name Image Term Start Term End Notes
Paul Goetsch 1920 1922 Envoy[1]
Rudolf von Bülow 1922 1933 Envoy[1]
Fritz Max Weiss   1933 1934 Envoy[1]
Erhard Graf von Wedel 1934 1937 Envoy[2]
Hans Büsing 1937 1941 Envoy; died in office on 20 July 1941.[3]

Federal Republic of Germany

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Name Image Term Start Term End Notes
Julius Borgs-Maciejewski[4] 1952 1959 Embassy opened by West Germany in 1954.[1]
Eckard Briest 1960 1965 [1]
Hubert Krier 1965 1970 [1]
Hanns-Christoph Becker von Sothen 1970 1974
Hellmut Hoff[5] 1975 1978
Joseph Engels[4] 1978 1982
Walter L. Groener[4] 1982 1984
Konrad Gracher[4] 1984 1986
Richard Louis 1986 1989
Heinz Schneppen 1989 1993
Joachim Kausch 1993 1997
Josef Rusnak 1997 2001
Peter Kiewitt 2001 2004
Horst-Wolfram Kerll 2004 2007
Dietmar Blaas 2007 2010
Claude Robert Ellner 2010 2014
Johannes Trommer 2014 2016
Claudius Fischbach 2016 2020
Holger Scherf 2020 Present

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Bringmann, Tobias C. (14 February 2012). Handbuch der Diplomatie 1815-1963: Auswärtige Missionschefs in Deutschland und deutsche Missionschefs im Ausland von Metternich bis Adenauer (in German). Walter de Gruyter. pp. 75–76. ISBN 978-3-11-095684-9. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
  2. ^ Eicher, John P. R. (2 January 2020). Exiled Among Nations: German and Mennonite Mythologies in a Transnational Age. Cambridge University Press. p. 253. ISBN 978-1-108-48611-8. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
  3. ^ Amt, Germany Auswärtiges (1949). Documents on German Foreign Policy, 1918-1945, from the Archives of the German Foreign Ministry. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 1252. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
  4. ^ a b c d Archived (Date missing) at asuncion.diplo.de (Error: unknown archive URL)
  5. ^ "Haarsträubende Art", Der Spiegel, 24 January, no. 28, 1980
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