| Agency Name: | Taipeh Vertretung in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland 駐德國台北代表處 Taipei Representative Office in the Federal Republic of Germany |
| Formed: | 1956 (as Free China Information Service) 1972 (as Far East Information Office) 1992 (as Taipei Economic and Cultural Office) |
| Headquarters: | Berlin, Germany |
| Chief1 Name: | Shieh Jhy-wey[1] |
| Chief1 Position: | Representative |
| Website: | Taipeh Vertretung in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland |
The Taipei Representative Office in the Federal Republic of Germany; (Chinese: t=駐德國台北代表處 |p=Zhù Déguó Táiběi Dàibiǎo Chù; German: Taipeh Vertretung in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland) represents the interests of Taiwan in Germany in the absence of formal diplomatic relations, functioning as a de facto embassy.
Based in Berlin, it also has offices in Frankfurt, Hamburg and Munich.[2] Its counterpart in Taiwan is the German Institute Taipei.[3]
The Republic of China was a winning power of World War II and thus dispatched a military mission to occupied Berlin. However, it did not re-establish diplomatic ties with either East or West Germany after the war. Its first in-official office was established in 1956 in Bad Godesberg in Bonn in the then West Germany as the Freichina- Presse und Informationsdienst ("Free China Press and Information Service"), later in 1972 becoming the Büro der Fernost-Informationen ("Far East Information Office").[4]
In 1992, it became the Taipei Wirtschafts- und Kulturbüro or "Taipei Economic and Cultural Office".[5] In 1997, it adopted its present name.[6] In October 1999, the Taipei Representative Office moved to Berlin, and offices in Frankfurt, Hamburg and Munich were established. There is also a Taiwan Trade Center in Düsseldorf.
| Mission | Consular district | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Taipei Representative Office in Germany | Berlin, Brandenburg, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia | ||
| Frankfurt Office | North Rhine-Westphalia, Hesse, Rhineland-Palatinate, Saarland | ||
| Hamburg Office | Hamburg, Bremen, Lower Saxony, Schleswig-Holstein, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | ||
| Munich Office | Bavaria, Baden-Württemberg | ||