List of ambassadors of Germany to India

India gained independence from the United Kingdom in 1947. Accordingly, there was only a German consular representation during the colonial period. The Federal Republic of Germany had an ambassador in India since 1952.

The German ambassadors in India were also responsible for Nepal and Bhutan at times.

German Empire

Name[1]	Tenure	Office
German Empire/ Weimar Republic/ Nazi Germany
Hermann Gerlich	1886–1889	Consul General in Calcutta
Edmund Friedrich Gustav von Heyking	1889–1893	Consul General in Calcutta
Günther von Gaertner-Griebenow	1893–1895	Consul General in Calcutta
Julius von Waldthausen	1895–1900	Consul General in Calcutta
Hermann Speck von Sternburg	1900–1903	Consul General in Calcutta
Albert von Quadt zu Wykradt und Isny	1904–1910	Consul General in Calcutta
Heinrich XXXI. Reuß zu Köstritz	1910–1912	Consul General in Calcutta
Karl von Luxburg	1912–1914	Consul General in Calcutta
1914–1922 no consular relations
Heinrich Rüdt von Collenberg-Bödigheim	1922–1929	Consul General in Calcutta
Rudolf von Bassewitz	1929–1932	Consul General in Calcutta
Wernher von Ow-Wachendorf	1933–1936	Consul General in Calcutta
Erdmann von Podewils-Dürnitz	1936–1939	Consul General in Calcutta
September 3, 1939 Relations are broken off due to World War II

West Germany

The embassy has been based in New Delhi since 1952.

Name	Tenure	Office
West Germany
Ernst Meyer[1]	1952–1957	Ambassador in New Delhi
Wilhelm Melchers[1]	1957–1961	Ambassador in New Delhi
Georg Ferdinand Duckwitz[1]	1961–1965	Ambassador in New Delhi
Dietrich von Mirbach	1965–1970	Ambassador in New Delhi
Günter Diehl	1970–1977	Ambassador in New Delhi
Dirk Oncken	1977–1979	Ambassador in New Delhi
Rolf Ramisch	1980–1984	Ambassador in New Delhi
Günther Gerlach	1984–1985	Ambassador in New Delhi
Günther Schödel	1984/85–1987	Ambassador in New Delhi
Konrad Seitz	1987–1990	Ambassador in New Delhi

East Germany

Name	Tenure	Office
East Germany
Herbert Meyer	1956–1958	Trade representative
Erich Renneisen	1958–1962	Trade representative
Kurt Böttger	1962–1965	Trade representative
Herbert Fischer	1965–1972	Trade representative
Diplomatic relations after October 8, 1972
Herbert Fischer	1972–1974	Ambassador in New Delhi
Wolfgang Schüßler	1974–1977	Ambassador in New Delhi
Heinz Birch	1978–1984	Ambassador in New Delhi
Bernd Biedermann	1984–1988	Ambassador in New Delhi
Wolfgang Grabowski	1989–1990	Ambassador in New Delhi

Germany since 1990

Name	Tenure	Office
Germany
Hans-Georg Wieck	1990–1993	Ambassador in New Delhi
Frank Elbe	1993–1997	Ambassador in New Delhi
Heinrich-Dietrich Dieckmann	1997–2000[2]	Ambassador in New Delhi
Heimo Richter	2000–2005[3]	Ambassador in New Delhi
Bernd Mützelburg	2006–2008	Ambassador in New Delhi
Thomas Matussek	2009–2011	Ambassador in New Delhi
Michael Steiner	2012–2015[4]	Ambassador in New Delhi
Martin Ney	2015–2019	Ambassador in New Delhi
Walter Johannes Lindner	2019–2022	Ambassador in New Delhi
Philipp Ackermann	2022–	Ambassador in New Delhi

See also

• Embassy of Germany, New Delhi
• Germany–India relations