List of ambassadors of Germany to China

The ambassador of Germany to China is an officer of the German Foreign Office and the head of the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany to the People's Republic of China. The position has the rank and status of an ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary and is currently held by Patricia Flor. The Federal Republic of Germany and the PRC have enjoyed diplomatic relations since 1972, while the German Democratic Republic had relations with the PRC from 25 October 1949. Unofficial representation to Taiwan has been undertaken by the German Institute Taipei since 2000.

Ambassador of Germany to China
Incumbent Patricia Flor since 15 July 2022
Style	Her Excellency
Appointer	President Frank-Walter Steinmeier
Inaugural holder	Max von Brandt
Formation	1873
Website	German Embassy Beijing

Office holders

German Ministers to China, 1873–1931

Incumbent	Start of term	End of term
Max von Brandt	1873	1893
Gustav Freiherr Schenck zu Schweinsberg	1893	1896
Edmund Friedrich Gustav von Heyking	1896	1899
Clemens von Ketteler	1899	1900
Alfons Mumm von Schwarzenstein	1900	1905
Arthur von Rex	1906	1911
Elmershaus von Haxthausen	1911	1914
Emil Krebs (Chargé d'Affaires)	February 1914	March 1914
Paul von Hintze	1914	1917
Relations severed on China's entry in the First World War.
Herbert von Borch	1928	1931

Ambassadors of Germany to China, 1931–1945

Incumbent	Start of term	End of term
Oskar Trautmann	1931	1938
Ambassador recalled on outbreak of the Sino-Japanese War. Recognition transferred to Reorganized National Government.
Heinrich Georg Stahmer	1941	1942
Ernst Wörmann	1943	1945

Ambassadors of the Federal Republic of Germany

Incumbent	Start of term	End of term
Heinrich Röhreke (Chargé d'Affaires)	10 October 1972	1973
Rolf Friedemann Pauls	1973	1976
Erwin Wickert	1976	1980
Per Fischer	1980	1987
Hannspeter Hellbeck	1987	1992
Armin Freitag	1992	1995
Konrad Seitz	1995	1999
Hans-Christian Ueberschaer	1999	2001
Joachim Broudré-Gröger	2001	2004
Volker Stanzel	2004	2007
Michael Schaefer	2007	2013
Michael Clauss [de; zh]	August 2013	August 2018
Clemens von Goetze [de][1]	September 2018	August 2021
Jan Hecker	24 August 2021	6 September 2021[2]
Frank Rückert (Chargé d'Affaires)	6 September 2021	incumbent

Ambassadors of the German Democratic Republic, 1949–1990

Incumbent	Start of term	End of term
Johannes König	1950	1955
Richard Gyptner	1955	1958
Paul Wandel	1958	1961
Josef Hegen	1961	1964
Günter Kohrt	1964	1966
Martin Bierbach	1966	1969
Gustav Hertzfeldt	1969	1973
Johann Wittik	1973	1976
Helmut Liebermann	1976	1982
Rolf Berthold	1982	2 October 1990

See also

• Germany-China relations
• Foreign relations of Germany