List of ambassadors of Germany to Paraguay explained

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

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"). 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

NameImageTerm StartTerm EndNotes
Paul Goetsch19201922Envoy
Rudolf von Bülow19221933Envoy
Fritz Max Weiss19331934Envoy
Erhard Graf von Wedel19341937Envoy[2]
Hans Büsing19371941Envoy; died in office on 20 July 1941.[3]

Federal Republic of Germany

NameImageTerm StartTerm EndNotes
Julius Borgs-Maciejewski19521959Embassy opened by West Germany in 1954.
Eckard Briest19601965
19651970
19701974
Hellmut Hoff19751978
Joseph Engels19781982
Walter L. Groener19821984
Konrad Gracher19841986
Richard Louis19861989
19891993
Joachim Kausch19931997
Josef Rusnak19972001
Peter Kiewitt20012004
Horst-Wolfram Kerll20042007
Dietmar Blaas20072010
Claude Robert Ellner20102014
Johannes Trommer20142016
Claudius Fischbach20162020
Holger Scherf2020Present

Notes and References

  1. Book: Bringmann . Tobias C. . Handbuch der Diplomatie 1815-1963: Auswärtige Missionschefs in Deutschland und deutsche Missionschefs im Ausland von Metternich bis Adenauer . 14 February 2012 . . 978-3-11-095684-9 . 75-76 . 24 January 2024 . de.
  2. Book: Eicher . John P. R. . Exiled Among Nations: German and Mennonite Mythologies in a Transnational Age . 2 January 2020 . . 978-1-108-48611-8 . 253 . 24 January 2024 . en.
  3. Book: Amt . Germany Auswärtiges . Documents on German Foreign Policy, 1918-1945, from the Archives of the German Foreign Ministry . 1949 . . 1252 . 24 January 2024 . en.