List of ambassadors of Germany to Paraguay

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").^[1] 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

Name	Image	Term Start	Term End	Notes
Paul Goetsch		1920	1922	Envoy[1]
Rudolf von Bülow		1922	1933	Envoy[1]
Fritz Max Weiss		1933	1934	Envoy[1]
Erhard Graf von Wedel		1934	1937	Envoy[2]
Hans Büsing		1937	1941	Envoy; died in office on 20 July 1941.[3]

Federal Republic of Germany

Name	Image	Term Start	Term End	Notes
Julius Borgs-Maciejewski[4]		1952	1959	Embassy opened by West Germany in 1954.[1]
Eckard Briest		1960	1965	[1]
Hubert Krier		1965	1970	[1]
Hanns-Christoph Becker von Sothen		1970	1974
Hellmut Hoff[5]		1975	1978
Joseph Engels[4]		1978	1982
Walter L. Groener[4]		1982	1984
Konrad Gracher[4]		1984	1986
Richard Louis		1986	1989
Heinz Schneppen		1989	1993
Joachim Kausch		1993	1997
Josef Rusnak		1997	2001
Peter Kiewitt		2001	2004
Horst-Wolfram Kerll		2004	2007
Dietmar Blaas		2007	2010
Claude Robert Ellner		2010	2014
Johannes Trommer		2014	2016
Claudius Fischbach		2016	2020
Holger Scherf		2020	Present