List of ambassadors of Germany to Australia

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Ambassador of Germany to Australia
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Incumbent
Thomas Fitschen
since August 2019
(accredited 7 August 2019[1])
StyleHis Excellency
AppointerFrank-Walter Steinmeier
Inaugural holderDr Walther Hess
Formation1952
WebsiteGerman Embassy Canberra

The Ambassador of Germany to Australia is an officer of the German Foreign Office and the head of the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany to the Commonwealth of Australia. The position has the rank and status of an Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary and holds non-resident accreditation for Nauru, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu. The ambassador is based with the embassy in Yarralumla in Canberra but initially from 1952 to 1958 was based in Sydney.

The ambassador is currently Dr Anna Prinz since July 2016, who was Ambassador to Slovenia and succeeded Dr Christoph Müller. Germany and Australia have enjoyed diplomatic relations since 1952, although official consular representation existed in Sydney and Melbourne since 1879 and an embassy for the German Democratic Republic, with its own ambassador, also existed between 1972 and 1990. The Consulate in Sydney was also re-established in 1952 with appointed until 1956.

Office holders[]

Consuls-general of the German Empire for Australia, 1879–1914[]

Based in Sydney, with responsibility for "Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand and the Fiji-Islands".

Incumbent Start of term End of term
Dr 1879 1885
1885 1887
Alfred Pelldram 1887 1897
1897 1900
Paul von Buri 1900 1906
Dr 1906 1911
Richard Kiliani 1911 1914

Consuls-general of Germany for Australia, 1923–1939[]

Based in Melbourne from 1923 to 1928, then moved to Sydney. Diplomatic relations were severed on 5 September 1939 and Switzerland acted as repository for German interests thereafter.

Incumbent Start of term End of term
Dr Hans Büsing 1923 1932
Dr Rudolf Asmis 1932 5 September 1939

Ambassadors of the Federal Republic of Germany[]

Incumbent Start of term End of term
Dr Walther Hess 9 July 1952 August 1958
Dr Hans Mühlenfeld August 1958 September 1962
Dr February 1963 March 1968
Dr May 1968 May 1970
Dr Heinz Voigt August 1970 October 1974
Dr January 1975 April 1980
August 1980 August 1985
Dr August 1985 August 1991
Dr August 1991 February 1994
Dr February 1994 October 1998
Dr October 1998 May 2002
Dr July 2002 June 2005
July 2005 June 2008
Dr July 2008 August 2011
Dr Christoph Müller 27 September 2011 June 2016
Dr July 2016 July 2019
Dr August 2019 present

Ambassadors of the German Democratic Republic, 1972–1990[]

Incumbent Start of term End of term
22 December 1972 1977
Dr 24 February 1977 1982
12 March 1982 1989
Ernst Kube 20 November 1989 3 October 1990

See also[]

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.
  1. ^ "Foreign embassies and consulates in Australia - Germany". Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Australian Government. Retrieved 6 November 2019.

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