List of ambassadors of Germany to Afghanistan
The following is a partial list of German ambassadors to Afghanistan.
Unified Germany (1870–1945)
[edit]- Werner Otto von Hentig, 1916–1917 (legation leader)
- Fritz Grobba, from 1923 to 1926
- August Friedrich Feigel [de], 1926–1929
- Leopold von Plessen [de], 1929
- Heribert Otto Paul Schwörbel [de], 1931–1933
- Kurt Max Paul Ziemke, 1933–1936
- Hans Pilger [de], 1937–1945
East Germany (1945–1990)
[edit]The German Democratic Republic first sent an ambassador to Kabul 17 January 1973. The German Democratic ceased to exist in 1990, however.
- Ferdinand Thun [de], 1973–1976
- Klaus Wolf [de], 1976–1978
- Kraft Bumbel [de], 1979–1981
- Kurt Krüger, 1982–1986[1]
- Kraft Bumbel [de], 1986–1989
- Horst Lindner, 1989–1990
West Germany (1945–1990)
[edit]- Franz Quiring [de], 1954–1956
- Erich Eiswaldt [de], 1957–1959
- Hans Schmidt-Horix [de], 1959–1963
- Gerhard Moltmann [de], 1963–1969
- Richard Breuer [de], 1969–1973
- Franz Josef Hoffmann, 1973–1979
- Karl-Heinrich Berninger, 1979–1982[2]
Unified Germany (1990–2021)
[edit]- Rainer Eberle [de], 2001–2004
- Rainald Steck [de], 2004–2006
- Hans-Ulrich Seidt [de], 2006–2008
- Werner Hans Lauk [de], 2008–2010
- Rüdiger König, 2010–2013
- Martin Jäger [de], 2013–2014
- Markus Potzel [de], 2014–2016
- Walter Haßmann [de], 2016–2018
- Peter Prügel [de], 2018–2020
- Axel Zeidler [de], 2020–2021
References
[edit]- ^ Bernd-Rainer Barth. "Krüger, Kurt Hermann Ernst Paul * 17.9.1925, † 21.10.2006 Botschafter". Bundesstiftung zur Aufarbeitung der SED-Diktatur: Biographische Datenbanken. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
- ^ Karl-Heinrich Berninger Akten zur auswärtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, p. 1973, at Google Books