List of ambassadors of the GDR

GDR flag in front of the UN in New York

States that recognized the GDR until 1970

This is the list of the ambassadors of the German Democratic Republic (1949–1990) . It also contains all permanent representatives at supranational and intergovernmental organizations and the Federal Republic of Germany . The list is structured according to the administrative districts of the GDR embassies from 1990. For an overview of the ambassadors of the Federal Republic of Germany, see the list of German ambassadors . The highest-ranking representative in the respective host country is always named, provided that there was diplomatic relations with this country and a diplomatic representation was set up.

In 1989 the GDR had diplomatic relations with 139 countries. The Hallstein Doctrine had demanded that the Federal Republic of Germany set the host countries to a German state as diplomatic representative for Germany as a whole. Before the establishment of diplomatic relations, the GDR had representations with different statuses in several states (trade representation, trade mission, economic and trade mission, consulate general , diplomatic mission, etc.).

Highest-ranking representative in subjects of international law

Permanent delegation to UNESCO in Paris

Surname	image	Term of office	Remarks
Member since November 21, 1972
Heinz Jung		1972-1973	Permanent delegate
Dieter Heinze (1928-2005)		1973-1977	Ambassador and Permanent Delegate
Siegfried Kämpf (1929-2005)		1977-1981	Ambassador and Permanent Delegate
Ferdinand Thun-Hohenstein (* 1921)		1982-1986	Ambassador and Permanent Delegate
Hans-Jürgen Micheel (* 1936)		1986-1990	Ambassador and Permanent Delegate

Permanent Mission to the United Nations in New York

Surname	image	Term of office	Remarks
Horst Grunert (1928-2005)		1972-1973	Lt. d. Permanent observer mission to the UN
Peter Florin (1921-2014)		1973-1982	Ambassador and Deputy Foreign Minister, Permanent Representative
Harry Ott (1933-2005)		1982-1988	Ambassador and Deputy Foreign Minister, Permanent Representative
Siegfried Zachmann (* 1928)		1988-1990	Ambassador and Permanent Representative

Permanent representation at the United Nations Office in Geneva

Employed from 1949–1955 and member since December 13, 1972

Surname	image	Term of office	Remarks
Josef Zimmering (1911–1995)		1955-1959	Head of the Observer Mission
Walter Beling (1899–1988)		1959-1964	Head of the Observer Mission
Harald Rose (1927-2020)		1965-1967	Envoy, Head of Observer Mission
Siegfried Zachmann (* 1928)		1968-1973	Envoy, Head of Observer Mission
Member since December 13, 1972
Siegfried Zachmann (* 1928)		1973	Ambassador and permanent representative
Gerhard Kegel (1907–1989)		1973-1976	Ambassador and Permanent Representative
Gerd Höhne (1929–2019)		1976-1979	Ambassador and Permanent Representative
Gerhard Herder (* 1928)		1979-1983	Ambassador and Permanent Representative
Harald Rose (1927-2020)		1982-1987	Ambassador and Permanent Representative
Peter Dietze (1936-2011)		1988-1990	Ambassador and Permanent Representative

Permanent representation at the United Nations Office in Vienna

The Permanent Mission was responsible for the United Nations Office and the following other organizations and departments:

• IAEA - International Atomic Energy Agency
• UNIDO - United Nations Industrial Development Organization
• UNCITRAL - United Nations Commission on International Trade Law
• NSG and Zangger Committee
• OPEC
• Secretariat for the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
• For the UNHCR , the refugee commissioner of the United Nations, there is a German office in Vienna in addition to Berlin , while the headquarters are in Geneva .

Surname	image	Term of office	Remarks
Werner Fleck (1931-2018)		1975-1976	accredited in Vienna / Austria
Gerhard Schramm (1923-2010)		1976-1982	accredited in Vienna / Austria
Gerd Höhne (1929–2019)		1982-1986	ambassador
Klaus Wolf (1934-2019)		1986-1988	accredited in Vienna / Austria
Gerhard Meyer (1930-2010)		1988-1990	ambassador

Representation at the European Community in Brussels

Diplomatic relations had existed between Comecon and the EC since June 25, 1988. Such relations with the GDR were established on August 15, 1988.

Surname	image	Term of office	Remarks
Ingo Oeser (1930–1998)		1988-1990	ambassador

Representation at the Conference of the Committee on Disarmament in Geneva

Surname	image	Term of office	Remarks
Gerhard Herder (* 1928)		1974-1983	ambassador
Harald Rose (1927-2020)		1983-1987	ambassador
Peter Dietze (1936-2011)		1988-1990	ambassador

Negotiations on the reduction of armed forces and armaments in Central Europe in Vienna

Surname	image	Term of office	Remarks
Ingo Oeser (1930–1998)		1973-1979	ambassador
André Wieland (1943–1996)		1979-1986	ambassador
Klaus-Dieter Ernst (* 1941)		1987-1989	ambassador

Negotiations on conventional disarmament in Europe as well as on confidence and security-building measures in Vienna

Surname	image	Term of office	Remarks
Klaus-Dieter Ernst (* 1941)		1989-1990	ambassador

Negotiations on confidence and security building measures in Europe in Stockholm

Surname	image	Term of office	Remarks
Günter Bühring (1937-2017)		1984-1986	ambassador

CSCE negotiations and follow-up conferences

Surname	image	Term of office	Remarks
Siegfried Bock (1926-2019)		1972-1975	Ambassador; Negotiating in Helsinki
Ernst Krabatsch (* 1940)		1977-1988	Ambassador, negotiator in Belgrade
Peter Steglich (* 1936)		1980-1983	Ambassador; Negotiating in Madrid
Peter Steglich (* 1936)		1986-1989	Ambassador; Negotiating in Vienna

Ambassadors from GDR missions abroad

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Afghanistan

Surname	image	Term of office	Remarks
Afghanistan
Diplomatic relations since January 17, 1973
Ferdinand Thun (* 1921)		1973-1976	Ambassador to Tehran / Iran
Klaus Wolf (1934-2019)		1976-1988	Ambassador to Tehran / Iran
Hermann Schwiesau (* 1937)		1978-1979	ambassador
Kraft Bumbel (1926–1997)		1979-1981	ambassador
Kurt Krüger (1925-2006)		1982-1986	ambassador
Kraft Bumbel (1926–1997)		1986-1989	ambassador
Horst Lindner (* 1931)		1989-1990	ambassador

Egypt

Surname	image	Term of office	Remarks
Egypt
Kurt Enkelmann (1920-2004)		1954-1958	Head of commercial agency
Walfried Lange		1958-1959	Head of commercial agency
Martin Bierbach (1926–1984)		1959-1962	Consul General
Hans-Jürgen Weitz (1923–1997)		1962-1966	Consul General
Wolfgang Konschel (1931-2013)		1966-1969	Consul General
Ernst Scholz (1913–1986)		1963-1968	Representative with the rank of ambassador;
Diplomatic relations since July 10, 1969
Martin Bierbach (1926–1984)		1969-1973	ambassador
Hans-Joachim Radde (1927-2009)		1973-1977	ambassador
Otto Becker (1928–2015)		1977-1981	ambassador
Hans-Jürgen Weitz (1923–1997)		1981-1985	ambassador
Wolfgang Schüßler (* 1930)		1985-1990	ambassador

Albania

Surname	image	Term of office	Remarks
Albania
Diplomatic relations since December 2, 1949
Erhard Scheffler (1912–1998)		1952-1953	Envoy, Lt. the Dipl. Mission
Erhard Scheffler (1912–1998)		1953-1955	Lt. d. Legation, from 1955 ambassador
Kurt Prenzel (1900–1976)		1955-1960	ambassador
Aenne Kundermann (1907-2000)		1960-1961	Ambassador
Heinz Neugebauer		1962-1964	Chargé d'affaires
Sylvester Bernatek		1964-1967	Chargé d'affaires
Rudolf Fritzsche (* 1909)		1967-1972	Chargé d'affaires
Hans Kaschube		1972-1974	Chargé d'affaires
Siegfried Balon		1974-1981	Chargé d'affaires
Karl-Heinz Heisig		1981-1985	Chargé d'affaires
Dieter Kulitzka (1931-2005)		1985-1989	Chargé d'affaires, ambassador since 1988
Peter Schubert (1938-2003)		1989-1990	ambassador

Algeria

Surname	image	Term of office	Remarks
Algeria
Fritz Stude (1914-2006)		1963-1964	Envoy, Lt. d. Commercial agency
Karl Lösch		1964-1969	Commercial Council, Lt. d. Commercial agency
Bruno Sedlaczek (* 1928)		1969-1970	Legation Councilor, Lt. d. Commercial agency
Diplomatic relations since May 20, 1970
Siegfried Kämpf (1929-2005)		1970-1974	ambassador
Karl-Heinz Vesper (1931-2006)		1974-1979	ambassador
Edgar Röder (* 1936)		1979-1983	ambassador
Manfred Thiede (* 1936)		1983-1988	ambassador
Gerhard Haida (1937-2014)		1988-1990	ambassador

Angola

Surname	image	Term of office	Remarks
Angola
Diplomatic relations since November 11, 1975
Eberhard Feister (1930–1987)		1976-1977	ambassador
Horst Schön (1931–1986)		1978-1980	ambassador
Johannes Schöche (* 1937)		1981-1985	ambassador
Gotthelf Schulze (* 1938)		1985-1989	ambassador
Bernd Hüttner (* 1943)		1989-1990	ambassador

Equatorial Guinea

Surname	image	Term of office	Remarks
Equatorial Guinea
Diplomatic relations since April 14, 1971
Siegfried Münch (* 1928)		1971-1975	The ambassador stayed in Malabo until 1972, after which the accreditation was only valid on a pro forma basis.
Christian Kleinhempel		1972-1974	Chargé d'affaires
Dieter Wendland		1974-1975	Chargé d'affaires
Gerhard Künzel (* 1923)		1975-1976	second accredited from Lagos / Nigeria
Wolfgang Seyfarth (* 1937)		1977-1980	second accredited from Lagos / Nigeria
Wolf Schunke (* 1940)		1981-1985	second accredited from Lagos / Nigeria
Manfred Seiferth (* 1940)		1988-1990	second accredited from Lagos / Nigeria

Argentina

Surname	image	Term of office	Remarks
Argentina
Kurt Hartmann		1954-1956	Head of commercial agency
Willi Kupper		1956-1961	Head of commercial agency
Otto Schreiber		1961–1962	Head of Commercial Agency;
Horst Leske		1977-1979	Commercial attaché
Diplomatic relations since June 25, 1973
Günter Blum (1922–1990)		1973-1979	ambassador
Johannes Gompert (* 1935)		1980-1984	ambassador
Horst Neumann (* 1938)		1984-1988	ambassador
Walter Neumann (* 1941)		1988-1990	ambassador

Ethiopia

Surname	image	Term of office	Remarks
Ethiopia
Diplomatic relations since February 1, 1973
Helmut Gürke		1973-1977	ambassador
Dieter Klinkert (* 1931)		1977-1980	ambassador
Günter Mauersberger (* 1939)		1980-1983	ambassador
Hans Jagenow (* 1938)		1983-1987	ambassador
Wolfgang Bayerlacher (1930-2019)		1987-1990	ambassador

Australia

Surname	image	Term of office	Remarks
Australia
Diplomatic relations since December 22, 1972
Hans Richter (1930–1978)		1973-1977	ambassador
Gerhard Lindner (1930-2010)		1977-1982	ambassador
Joachim Elm (1931–2012)		1982-1989	ambassador
Ernst Kube (* 1928)		1989-1990	ambassador

Bangladesh

Surname	image	Term of office	Remarks
Bangladesh
Diplomatic relations since January 16, 1972
Lothar Wenzel (1924–1983)		1972-1975	ambassador
Wolfgang Bayerlacher (1930-2019)		1975-1977	ambassador
Dieter Friede (1938–1982)		1977-1981	ambassador
Günter Heinrich		1982-1983	Chargé d'affaires
Lothar Nestler (1932-2015)		1983-1987	ambassador
Klaus Mäser (* 1932)		1987-1990	ambassador

Belgium

Surname	image	Term of office	Remarks
Belgium
Willi Diebenkorn		1955-1958	Head of Chamber Representation;
Walter Rabaschus (1904–1981)		1958–1962	Head of Chamber Representation
Gerhard Schramm (1923-2010)		1962-1965	Commercial Council, Lt. d. Chamber representation
Dietmar Möckel		1965-1969	Commercial Council, Lt. d. Chamber representation
Karl-Heinz Kaufer		1969-1970
Max Kleineberg (1906–1987)		1972-1973	Head of Chamber Representation
Diplomatic relations since December 27, 1972
Heinz Hoffmann (* 1921)		1973-1986	ambassador
Ernst Walkowski (1931–2011)		1986-1990	ambassador

Benin

Surname	image	Term of office	Remarks
Dahomey (until 1975) / Benin
Diplomatic relations since September 14, 1973
Gerhard Künzel (* 1923)		1974-1976	second accredited from Lagos / Nigeria
Wolfgang Seyfarth (* 1937)		1977-1980	second accredited from Lagos / Nigeria
Wolf Schunke (* 1940)		1980-1985	second accredited from Lagos / Nigeria
Gerhard Haida (1937-2014)		1985-1988	second accredited from Lagos / Nigeria
Manfred Seiferth (* 1940)		1988-1990	second accredited from Lagos / Nigeria

Bolivia

Surname	image	Term of office	Remarks
Bolivia
Diplomatic relations since September 18, 1973
Edgar Fries (* 1937)		1973-1975	second accredited from Lima / Peru
Gerhard Witten (1933–1997)		1975-1980	second accredited from Lima / Peru
Hans Gliem		1978-1985	Chargé d'affaires
Arthur Höltge (* 1932)		1980-1985	second accredited from Lima / Peru
Hans Münzel (* 1935)		1985-1989	Chargé d'affaires
Klaus Hartmann (1940-2017)		1986-1990	second accredited from Lima / Peru

Botswana

Surname	image	Term of office	Remarks
Botswana
Diplomatic relations since May 13, 1977
Gerhard Stein (1922–1987)		1977-1979	second accredited from Lusaka / Zambia
Horst Koehler (1924–1984)		1979-1984	second accredited from Lusaka / Zambia
Peter Gonschorek (* 1942)		1985-1987	second accredited from Lusaka / Zambia
Günther Donath (* 1932)		1987-1990	second accredited from Lusaka / Zambia

Brazil

Surname	image	Term of office	Remarks
Brazil
Kurt Ullrich		1959-1961	Commercial Council, Lt. d. Trade mission
Werner Forster		1961-1964	Commercial Council, Lt. d. Trade mission
Walter Klein (1917–1987)		1964-1967	Commercial Council, Lt. d. Trade mission
Heinz Schwarz (1930-2020)		1967-1971	Commercial Council, Lt. d. Trade mission
Wolfgang Schwanitz		1961-1973	Commercial Council, Lt. d. Trade mission
Diplomatic relations since October 22, 1973
Arthur Höltge (* 1932)		1973	Chargé d'affaires
Günther Severin (* 1928)		1973-1983	ambassador
Werner Hänold (1929-2007)		1984-1990	ambassador
Heinrich March (* 1939)		1990	ambassador

Bulgaria

Surname	image	Term of office	Remarks For flags:
Bulgaria
Diplomatic relations since October 17, 1949
Aenne Kundermann (1907-2000)		1950-1951	AGMB, Head of the Dipl. Mission
Egon Dreger (1899–1970)		1953-1955	AGBM, Head of the Dipl. Mission
Oskar Fischer (1923-2020)		1955-1959	ambassador
Rudolf Jahn (1906–1990)		1959-1963	ambassador
Johannes Keusch (1912–1973)		1963-1970	ambassador
Werner Wenning (1914–1986)		1970-1975	ambassador
Manfred Schmidt (* 1930)		1975-1981	ambassador
Gerhard Reinert (1928-2005)		1981-1983	ambassador
Egon Rommel (* 1930)		1983-1990	ambassador

Permanent representation of the GDR in the Federal Republic of Germany

see also: Permanent representations of the Federal Republic of Germany and the German Democratic Republic

Surname	image	Term of office	Remarks
Germany
Official relations since March 14, 1974
Michael Kohl (1929–1981)		1974-1988	Permanent representative, ambassador
Ewald Moldt (1927-2019)		1978-1988	Permanent representative, ambassador
Horst Neubauer (* 1936)		1988-1990	Permanent representative, ambassador

Burkina Faso

Surname	image	Term of office	Remarks
Upper Volta (until 1984) / Burkina Faso
Diplomatic relations since April 13, 1973
Johannes Schöche (* 1937)		1974-1975	second accredited from Bamako / Mali
Manfred Thiede (* 1936)		1978-1980	second accredited from Bamako / Mali
Erich Meske (1932-2009)		1982-1985	second accredited from Bamako / Mali
Karl-Heinz Witzke (* 1938)		1987-1989	second accredited from Bamako / Mali
Helmut Plettner (* 1929)		1990	second accredited from Bamako / Mali

Burundi

Surname	image	Term of office	Remarks
Burundi
Diplomatic relations since December 7, 1972
Ronald Weidemann (* 1931)		1974-1979	second accredited from Kinshasa / Zaire
Karl-Heinz Raeschki (* 1936)		1979-1983	second accredited from Kinshasa / Zaire
Gerhard Feldbauer (* 1933)		1984-1987	second accredited from Kinshasa / Zaire
Manfred Schubarth (* 1933)		1988-1990	second accredited from Kinshasa / Zaire

Chile

Surname	image	Term of office	Remarks
Chile
Albert Schneider		1956-1957	Commercial attaché, Lt. d. Commercial agency;
Harry Spindler (1931–1992)		1965-1968	Commercial attaché, Lt. d. Commercial agency
Maxim home		1968-1970	Commercial Council, Lt. d. Commercial agency
Harry Spindler (1931–1992)		1970-1971	Legation Councilor, Lt. d. Commercial agency
Diplomatic relations since March 16, 1971
Harry Spindler (1931–1992)		1971-1973	ambassador
Friedel Trappen (1924-2013)		1973	ambassador
Arnold Voigt		1973-1974	Head of advocacy
Peter Stöhr		1974-1979	Head of advocacy
Hannes Buchta		1979-1983	Head of advocacy
Hanns Münzel (* 1935)		1983-1985	Head of advocacy
Hans Gliem		1985-1987	Head of advocacy
Relationships were normalized again in early 1990
Peter Gleinig (* 1938)		1990	Chargé d'affaires

China

Surname	image	Term of office	Remarks
People's Republic of China
Diplomatic relations since October 25, 1949
Johannes König (1903–1966)		1950-1953	Head of Diplomat. Mission, ambassador
Johannes König (1903–1966)		1953-1955	ambassador
Richard Gyptner (1901–1972)		1955-1958	ambassador
Paul Wandel (1905-1995)		1958-1961	ambassador
Josef Hegen (1907–1969)		1961-1964	ambassador
Günter Kohrt (1912–1982)		1964-1966	ambassador
Martin Bierbach (1926–1984)		1966-1969	ambassador
Gustav Hertzfeldt (1928-2005)		1969-1973	ambassador
Johann Wittik (* 1923)		1973-1976	ambassador
Helmut Liebermann (1923–2013)		1976-1982	ambassador
Rolf Berthold (1938-2018)		1982-1990	ambassador

Costa Rica

Surname	image	Term of office	Remarks
Costa Rica
Diplomatic relations since January 9, 1973
Gerhard Korth (* 1929)		1973-1977	second accredited from Mexico City / Mexico
Peter Lorf (1932-2019)		1978-1982	second accredited from Mexico City / Mexico
Joachim Naumann (1929–2019)		1983-1988	second accredited from Mexico City / Mexico
Gerhard Korth (* 1929)		1988-1990	second accredited from Mexico City / Mexico

Denmark

Surname	image	Term of office	Remarks
Denmark
Paul Krauss		1957-1960	Head of Chamber Representation;
Rudi Grätz		1960-1964	Commercial Council, Lt. d. Chamber representation
Erich Andrä (* 1922)		1964-1966	Commercial Council, Lt. d. Chamber representation
Friedrich Wonsack		1966-1971	Commercial Council, Lt. d. Chamber representation
Gerhard Lindner (1930-2010)		1971-1972	Head of Chamber Representation
Otto Heilmann (* 1930)		1972-1973	Head of Chamber Representation
Diplomatic relations since January 12, 1973
Otto Heilmann (* 1930)		1973-1977	ambassador
Heinz Oelzner (1921–1991)		1977-1983	ambassador
Norbert Jaeschke (1927-2018)		1983-1989	ambassador
Werner Krause (* 1935)		1989-1990	ambassador

Djibouti / Djibouti

 Djibouti

Diplomatic relations since June 30, 1977

Ambassadors have not been appointed for Djibouti .

Ecuador

Surname	image	Term of office	Remarks
Ecuador
Günter Bergholz		1965-1967	Commercial Council, Lt. d. Commercial agency
Günter Fuchs		1967-1971	Commercial Council, Lt. d. Commercial agency
Horst Wagner (* 1937)		1971-1972	Commercial Council, Lt. d. Commercial agency
Roland Brettschneider		1972-1973	Commercial Council, Lt. d. Commercial agency
Diplomatic relations since July 23, 1973
Peter Gleinig		1973-1974	Chargé d'affaires
Walter Weber (* 1934)		1974-1975	Ambassador to Bogotá / Colombia
Helmut Bauermeister (1927–1989)		1975-1979	ambassador
Karl Kormes (1915–1995)		1979-1981	ambassador
Heinz Löhn (* 1934)		1982-1986	ambassador
Gerald Möckel (1935–2012)		1987-1990	ambassador

Ivory Coast / Côte d'Ivoire

Surname	image	Term of office	Remarks
Ivory Coast
Diplomatic relations since October 5, 1984
Gerhard Haida (1937-2014)		1986-1988	second accredited from Lagos / Nigeria
Manfred Seiferth (* 1940)		1988-1990	second accredited from Lagos / Nigeria

Fiji

Surname	image	Term of office	Remarks
Fiji
Diplomatic relations since January 11, 1974
Hans Richter (1930–1978)		1974-1977	second accredited from Canberra / Australia
Gerhard Lindner (1930-2010)		1977-1982	second accredited from Canberra / Australia
Joachim Elm (1931–2012)		1982-1989	second accredited from Canberra / Australia

Finland

Surname	image	Term of office	Remarks
Finland
Hans Bahr (1909–1986)		1953-1956	Consul General, Lt. d. Commercial agency
Rudolf Agricola (1900–1985)		1956-1952	Consul General, later AGBM
Wilhelm Thiele		1962-1967	AGBM
Heinz Oelzner (1921–1991)		1957-1972	AGBM
Diplomatic relations since January 7, 1973
Heinz Oelzner (1921–1991)		1973-1975	ambassador
Hermann Schwiesau (* 1937)		1976-1988	ambassador
Joachim Mitdank (1931–2017)		1978-1982	ambassador
Stefan Doernberg (1924-2010)		1983-1987	ambassador
Rolf Böttcher (* 1935)		1987-1990	ambassador

France

Surname	image	Term of office	Remarks
France
Herbert Merkel (1910–1967)		1956-1952	Commercial Council, Lt. d. Chamber representation
Herbert Schulze		1962	Head of KV
Willi Diebenkorn		1963-1967	Head of KV
Gerhard Schramm (1923-2010)		1967-1973	Commercial Council, AGBM, Head of KV
Diplomatic relations since February 9, 1973
Gerhard Schramm (1923-2010)		1973-1974	ambassador
Ernst Scholz (1913–1986)		1974-1976	ambassador
Werner Fleck (1931-2018)		1976-1984	ambassador
Alfred Marter (1934–1998)		1984-1990	ambassador
Stephan Steinlein (* 1961)		1990-1990	ambassador

Gabon

 Gabon

Diplomatic relations since April 4, 1974

No ambassadors were appointed for Libreville .

Gambia

Surname	image	Term of office	Remarks
Gambia
Diplomatic relations since January 15, 1973
Günther Fritsch (* 1930)		1973-1974	second accredited from Conakry / Guinea
Eleonora Schmid (* 1939)		1975-1988	second accredited from Conakry / Guinea
Gerhard Haida (1937-2014)		1979-1980	second accredited from Conakry / Guinea
Manfred Seiferth (* 1940)		1981-1986	second accredited from Bissau / Guinea-Bissau
Erich Meske (1932-2009)		1986-1990	second accredited from Bissau / Guinea-Bissau

Ghana

Surname	image	Term of office	Remarks
Ghana
Rolf Seidel		1959-1961	Head of commercial agency
Georg Heiderich		1961-1963	Head of commercial agency
Karl-Heinz Kern (* 1930)		1963-1966	Lt. d. Economic and Trade Mission
Gotthelf Schulze (* 1938)		1970-1971	amt. Head of Trade Mission
Johannes Vogel (1928-2017)		1971-1973	Legation Councilor, Lt. d. Trade mission
Diplomatic relations since December 13, 1972
Johannes Vogel (1928-2017)		1973-1975	ambassador
Werner Schedlich (1928-2019)		1975-1988	ambassador
Horst Hähnel (* 1932)		1978-1981	ambassador
Herbert Denzler (* 1926)		1981-1984	ambassador
Franz Everhartz (* 1923)		1984-1988	ambassador
Gottfried Bühring (* 1937)		1988-1990	ambassador

Grenada

Surname	image	Term of office	Remarks
Grenada
Diplomatic relations since October 9, 1979
Harry Spindler (1931–1992)		1981-1983	second accredited from Havana / Cuba

Greece

Surname	image	Term of office	Remarks
Greece
Herbert Ulrich		1955-1958	Head of Chamber Representation
Herbert Baake		1958-1960	Head of Chamber Representation
Walter Dietrich		1960-1964	Head of Chamber Representation
Kurt Lorentz		1964-1965	Head of Chamber Representation
Kurt Schnell (1914–1971)		1965-1967	Commercial Council Lt. the chamber representation
Karl-Heinz Jelen		1967-1973	Commercial Council Lt. the chamber representation
Diplomatic relations since May 25, 1973
Gerhard Hobran		1973-1974	Chargé d'affaires
Ernst Kube (* 1928)		1974-1983	ambassador
Horst Brie (1923-2014)		1983-1990	ambassador
Ernst Kube (* 1928)		1990	ambassador

Guinea

Surname	image	Term of office	Remarks
Guinea
Willi Kirschey		1959-1962	Consul General, Lt. d. Commercial agency
Helmut Gürke		1962-1964	Commercial attaché, official head of the AGM
Siegfried Kämpf (1929-2005)		1964-1966	Consul General, Lt. d. Commercial agency
Helmut Gürke		1966-1969	Consul General, Lt. d. Commercial agency
Helmut Gürke		1969-1970	Consul General, Lt. d. Consulate General
Diplomatic relations since September 9, 1970
Günther Fritsch (* 1930)		1970-1974	ambassador
Eleonora Schmid (* 1939)		1974-1988	Ambassador
Gerhard Haida (1937-2014)		1978-1980	ambassador
Manfred Thiede (* 1936)		1980-1982	ambassador
Helmut Plettner (* 1929)		1982-1985	ambassador
Wolfgang Kubisch		1986-1990	ambassador

Guinea-Bissau

Surname	image	Term of office	Remarks
Guinea-Bissau
Diplomatic relations since April 17, 1974
Günther Fritsch (* 1930)		1974	second accredited from Conakry / Guinea
Eleonora Schmid (* 1939)		1974-1975	second accredited from Conakry / Guinea
Kurt Roth (1931–1989)		1975-1988	ambassador
Gotthelf Schulze (* 1938)		1978-1981	ambassador
Manfred Seiferth (* 1940)		1981-1986	ambassador
Erich Meske (1932-2009)		1986-1990	ambassador

Guyana

Surname	image	Term of office	Remarks
Guyana
Diplomatic relations since April 17, 1973
Heinz Langer (* 1935)		1975-1979	second accredited from Havana / Cuba
Otto Pfeiffer (* 1937)		1980-1981	second accredited from Caracas / Venezuela
Horst Neumann (* 1938)		1982-1984	second accredited from Caracas / Venezuela
Werner Hänold (1929-2007)		1984-1989	second accredited from Brasília / Brazil

India

Surname	image	Term of office	Remarks
India
Herbert Meyer (1912-1983)		1956-1958	Commercial Council, Lt. d. Commercial agency
Erich Renneisen (1907–1970)		1958–1962	Commercial Council, Lt. d. Commercial agency
Kurt Böttger (1923–1993)		1962-1965	Commercial Council, Lt. d. Commercial agency
Herbert Fischer (1914-2006)		1965-1970	Commercial Council, Lt. d. Commercial agency
Herbert Fischer (1914-2006)		1970-1972	Ambassador, Lt. d. Consulate General
Diplomatic relations since October 8, 1972
Herbert Fischer (1914-2006)		1972-1974	ambassador
Wolfgang Schüßler (* 1930)		1974-1977	ambassador
Heinz Birch (* 1927)		1978-1984	ambassador
Bernd Biedermann (1941-2004)		1984-1988	ambassador
Wolfgang Grabowski (* 1937)		1989-1990	ambassador

Indonesia

Surname	image	Term of office	Remarks
Indonesia
Helmut Kindler		1954-1958	Head of Chamber Representation
Walter Hochmuth (1904–1979)		1958-1959	Head of commercial agency
Gottfried Lessing (1914–1979)		1959-1960	Commercial Council, Lt. d. Commercial agency
Kurt Nier (* 1927)		1960–1962	Consul General, Lt. d. Consulate General
Gustav Hertzfeld (1928-2005)		1962-1965	Consul General, Lt. d. Consulate General
Wolfgang Bayerlacher (1930-2019)		1965-1969	Consul General, Lt. d. Consulate General
Peter Stockmann (* 1930)		1969-1972	Consul General, Lt. d. Consulate General
Diplomatic relations since December 21, 1972
Peter Stockmann (* 1930)		1973	ambassador
Günter Gahlich (1932–1977)		1973-1977	ambassador
Eberhard Feister (1930–1987)		1978-1982	ambassador
Werner Peters (1939-2013)		1982-1986	ambassador
Siegfried Kühnel (* 1932)		1986-1990	ambassador

Iraq

Surname	image	Term of office	Remarks
Iraq
Kurt Schmeisser		1958-1959	Commercial Council, Lt. d. Commercial agency
Walter Hochmuth (1904–1979)		1959-1962	Legation Councilor, Lt. d. Commercial agency
Walter Hochmuth (1904–1979)		1962-1963	Consul General, Lt. d. Consulate General
Norbert Jaeschke (1927-2018)		1964-1968	Consul General, Lt. d. Consulate General
Hans-Jürgen Weitz (1923–1997)		1968-1969	Consul General, Lt. d. Consulate General
Diplomatic relations since May 10, 1969
Hans-Jürgen Weitz (1923–1997)		1969-1973	ambassador
Günter Schurath (1929-2004)		1973-1977	ambassador
Karl-Heinz Lugenheim (* 1928)		1977-1982	ambassador
Günther Scharfenberg (1930–2019)		1982-1987	ambassador
Otto Becker (1928–2015)		1987-1990	ambassador

Iran

The administrative district of the embassy in Tehran also included Afghanistan from 1973 to 1978 

Surname	image	Term of office	Remarks
Iran
Diplomatic relations since December 7, 1972
Ferdinand Thun-Hohenstein (* 1921)		1973-1975	ambassador
Klaus Wolf (1934-2019)		1976-1979	ambassador
Wolfgang Konschel (1931-2013)		1979-1983	ambassador
Günther Fritsch (* 1930)		1983-1988	ambassador
Wolfgang Bator (* 1927)		1988-1990	ambassador

Ireland

Surname	image	Term of office	Remarks
Ireland
Diplomatic relations since November 21, 1980
Martin Bierbach (1926–1984)		1981-1984	second accredited from London / GB
Gerhard Lindner (1930-2010)		1985-1989	second accredited from London / GB
Joachim Mitdank (1931–2017)		1989-1990	second accredited from London / GB

Iceland

Surname	image	Term of office	Remarks
Iceland
Gerhard Kugel		1957-1959	Head of Chamber Representation
Rudi Grätz		1959-1960	Commercial Council, Lt. d. Chamber representation
Karl Homelin		1960–1962	Head of Chamber Representation
Otto-Heinz Schmidt		1962-1965	Head of Chamber Representation
Willy Baumann		1965-1972	Commercial Council, Lt. d. Chamber representation
Diplomatic relations since January 12, 1973
Peter Hintzmann (1936–1998)		1973-1977	second accredited from Oslo / Norway
Werner Krause (* 1935)		1977-1984	Oslo / Norway
Gerhard Waschewski (1929–2009)		1984-1989	second accredited from Oslo / Norway
Günter Schurath (1929-2004)		1989-1990	second accredited from Oslo / Norway

Italy

The ambassador in Rome was also accredited for the Vatican and the Order of Malta and later for Malta

Surname	image	Term of office	Remarks
Italy
Bruno Deceiver		1958–1962	Head of Chamber Representation
Wilhelm Knapp (1898–1984)		1962-1965	Head of Chamber Representation
Herbert Merkel (1910–1967)		1965-1967	Commercial Council, Lt. d. Chamber representation
Kurt Schnell (1914–1971)		1967-1971	Legation Councilor, Lt. d. Chamber representation
Eckhard Bibow (* 1930)		1971-1973	Envoy, Lt. d. Chamber representation
Diplomatic relations since January 18, 1973
Klaus Gysi (1912–1999)		1973-1978	ambassador
Hans Voss (1931-2016)		1978-1985	ambassador
Wolfgang Kiesewetter (1924–1991)		1985-1990	ambassador
Alfred Marter (1934–1998)		1990	ambassador

Jamaica

Surname	image	Term of office	Remarks
Jamaica
Diplomatic relations since March 21, 1977
Heinz Langer (* 1935)		1977-1979	second accredited from Havana / Cuba
Harry Spindler (1931–1992)		1980-1983	second accredited from Havana / Cuba
Heinz Langer (* 1935)		1984-1986	second accredited from Havana / Cuba
Karlheinz Möbus (1938–2014)		1986-1990	second accredited from Havana / Cuba

Japan

Surname	image	Term of office	Remarks
Japan
Diplomatic relations since May 15, 1973
Siegfried Fischer (* 1934)		1973-1974	Chargé d'affaires
Horst Brie (1923-2014)		1974-1982	ambassador
Hans-Dieter Jäger (* 1936)		1982-1988	ambassador
Manfred Schmidt (* 1930)		1988-1990	ambassador

North Yemen / Yemeni Arab Republic

Since May 22, 1990, North Yemen and South Yemen have united to form the Republic of Yemen.

Surname	image	Term of office	Remarks
North Yemen (until 1990) / Yemen
Hans Held		1958–1962	Consul, Lt. d. Commercial agency
Hans-Joachim Friedrich		1962-1964	Consul General, Lt. d. Consulate General
Hans-Jürgen Weitz (1923–1997)		1964-1966	Consul General from Cairo / Egypt
Klaus Goldenbaum (* 1928)		1966-1969	Consul General, Lt. d. Consulate General
Günther Doberenz (1923–1999)		1969-1972	Consul General, Lt. d. Consulate General
Diplomatic relations since December 21, 1972
Heinz Bürgel (1918–1983)		1973-1975	ambassador
Lothar Eichelkraut (* 1929)		1975-1988	ambassador
Walter Issleib (* 1923)		1978-1980	ambassador
Werner Kempe (* 1928)		1980-1983	ambassador
Lothar Eichelkraut (* 1929)		1983-1987	ambassador
Walter Schmidt (* 1929)		1987-1990	ambassador

South Yemen / People's Democratic Republic of Yemen

Since May 22, 1990, North Yemen and South Yemen have united to form the Republic of Yemen.

Surname	image	Term of office	Remarks
South Yemen
Karl Wildau (* 1928)		1968-1969	Consul General, Lt. d. Consulate General
Diplomatic relations since July 10, 1969
Karl Wildau (* 1928)		1969-1972	ambassador
Günther Scharfenberg (1930–2019)		1972-1988	ambassador
Ernst-Peter Rabenhorst (* 1940)		1978-1981	ambassador
Reiner Neumann (* 1939)		1981-1986	ambassador
Freimut Seidel (* 1934)		1986-1989	ambassador
Werner Sittig (* 1942)		1989-1990	ambassador

Jordan

Surname	image	Term of office	Remarks
Jordan
Diplomatic relations since October 8, 1973
Wolfgang Konschel (1931-2013)		1974-1977	second accredited from Damascus / Syria
Heinz-Dieter Winter (* 1934)		1977-1981	second accredited from Damascus / Syria
Reinhard Escherich (* 1936)		1981-1985	second accredited from Damascus / Syria
Wolfgang Grabowski (* 1937)		1985-1988	second accredited from Damascus / Syria
Karl-Heinz Lugenheim (* 1928)		1989-1990	second accredited from Damascus / Syria

Yugoslavia

Surname	image	Term of office	Remarks
Yugoslavia
Werner Wolter		1956-1957	Head of Chamber Representation
Diplomatic relations since October 10, 1957
Eleonore Staimer (1906–1998)		1958-1966	AGBM, Lt. d. Embassy
Eleonore Staimer (1906–1998)		1966-1969	Ambassador
Karl Kormes (1915–1996)		1969-1973	ambassador
Helmut Ziebart (1929–2011)		1973-1977	ambassador
Gerhard Hahn (1930-2008)		1977-1982	ambassador
Ralph Hartmann (* 1935)		1982-1988	ambassador
Siegfried Bock (1926-2019)		1988-1990	ambassador

Cambodia

Surname	image	Term of office	Remarks For flags:
Kampuchea
Hans Voss (1931-2016)		1962	Consul General, Lt. d. Consulate General
Max Kleineberg (1906–1987)		1962-1967	Consul General, Lt. d. Consulate General
Max Kleineberg (1906–1987)		1967-1968	AGBM, Lt. d. Dipl. Representation
Heinz-Dieter Winter (* 1934)		1968-1969	AGBM, Lt. d. Dipl. Representation
Diplomatic relations since May 8, 1969
Heinz-Dieter Winter (* 1934)		1969– (1973)	ambassador
Kurt Schumann (* 1933)		1970-1972	Chargé d'affaires
Kurt Stillmann (1916–1999)		1972-1974	Chargé d'affaires
Rolf Dach (* 1934)		1979-1982	ambassador
Günter Horn (* 1930)		1982-1986	ambassador
Rolf Dach (* 1934)		1986-1990	ambassador

Cameroon

Surname	image	Term of office	Remarks
Cameroon
Diplomatic relations since July 21, 1973
Karl-Heinz Raeschki (* 1936)		1981-1984	second accredited from Kinshasa / Zaire
Manfred Voss (* 1938)		1984-1988	ambassador
Horstmar Kohl (* 1927)		1988-1990	ambassador

Canada

Surname	image	Term of office	Remarks
Canada
Diplomatic relations since August 1, 1975
Rolf Sieber (1929-2020)		1977-1988	second accredited from Washington / USA
Horst Grunert (1928-2005)		1978-1983	second accredited from Washington / USA
Gerhard Herder (* 1928)		1983-1988	second accredited from Washington / USA
Heinz Birch (* 1927)		1988-1990	ambassador

Cape Verde

Surname	image	Term of office	Remarks
Cape Verde
Diplomatic relations since August 5, 1975
Kurt Roth (1931–1989)		1975-1988	second accredited from Bissau / Guinea-Bissau
Gotthelf Schulze (* 1938)		1978-1981	second accredited from Bissau / Guinea-Bissau
Eleonora Schmid (* 1939)		1982-1987	second accredited from Rabat / Morocco
Julian Hollender (1938-2010)		1988-1990	second accredited from Lisbon / Portugal

Kenya

Surname	image	Term of office	Remarks
Kenya
Diplomatic relations since May 19, 1975
Helmut Gürke (1922-2005)		1975-1977	second accredited from Addis Ababa / Ethiopia

Colombia

Surname	image	Term of office	Remarks
Colombia
Alfred Mühlmann		1957-1959	Head of commercial agency
Hermann Schneider		1959-1960	Head of the HV
Walter Kramer		1960–1962	Head of the HV
Wolfgang Sorgenicht (* 1931)		1962-1967	Head of the HV
Johannes hero		1967	Head of the HV
Werner Hänold (1929-2007)		1968-1972	Head of the HV
Karl Engelhardt (* 1928)		1972-1973	Head of the HV
Diplomatic relations since March 23, 1973
Horst Neumann (* 1938)		1973	Chargé d'affaires
Walter Weber (* 1934)		1973-1980	ambassador
Günter Blum (1922–1990)		1980-1982	ambassador
Karlheinz Möbus (1938–2014)		1982-1986	ambassador
Heinz Löhn (* 1934)		1986-1989	ambassador
Arthur Höltge (* 1932)		1989-1990	ambassador

Comoros

Surname	image	Term of office	Remarks
Comoros
Diplomatic relations since February 14, 1976
Helmut Matthes (1935–2019)		1976	second accredited from Dar es Salaam / Tanzania
Hans-Jürgen Weitz (1923–1997)		1977-1981	second accredited from Dar es Salaam / Tanzania
Werner Schedlich (1928-2019)		1981-1984	second accredited from Dar es Salaam / Tanzania
Dieter Klinkert (* 1931)		1985-1989	second accredited from Dar es Salaam / Tanzania
Wolf Schunke (* 1940)		1989-1990	second accredited from Dar es Salaam / Tanzania

Congo

Surname	image	Term of office	Remarks
People's Republic of the Congo
Diplomatic relations since January 5, 1970
Manfred Richter (* 1934)		1970-1972	AGMB, Lt. d. Embassy
Manfred Richter (* 1934)		1972-1973	ambassador
Werner Dordan		1973-1979	ambassador
Horstmar Kohl (* 1927)		1979-1984	ambassador
Gert Reicherdt		1984-1986	ambassador
Ronald Weidemann (* 1931)		1986-1990	ambassador

Korea, Democratic People's Republic

Surname	image	Term of office	Remarks
North Korea
Diplomatic relations since November 7, 1949
Johannes König (1903–1966)		1951-1954	Ambassador, Lt. the Dipl. Mission
Richard Fischer (1906-1991)		1954-1959	ambassador
Kurt Schneidewind (1912–1983)		1960-1963	ambassador
Otto Becker (* 1928)		1963-1964	ambassador
Horst Brie (1923-2014)		1964-1968	ambassador
Georg Henke (1908–1986)		1968-1972	ambassador
Franz Everhartz (* 1923)		1972-1988	ambassador
Dietrich Jark (1932-2016)		1978-1981	ambassador
Herrmann Schwiesau (* 1937)		1981-1982	ambassador
Karl-Heinz Kern (* 1930)		1982-1986	ambassador
Hans Maretzki (* 1933)		1987-1990	ambassador
Klaus Zorn (* 1934)		1990	ambassador

Cuba

Surname	image	Term of office	Remarks
Cuba
Walter Klein (1917–1987)		1960-1961	Head of commercial agency
Karl Lösch		1961-1963	Legation Councilor, Head of Mission
Diplomatic relations since January 12, 1963
Fritz Johne (1911-1989)		1963-1967	ambassador
Joachim Naumann (1929–2019)		1967-1973	ambassador
Helmut Bauermeister (1927–1989)		1973-1975	ambassador
Heinz Langer (* 1935)		1975-1979	ambassador
Harry Spindler (1931–1992)		1979-1983	ambassador
Heinz Langer (* 1935)		1983-1986	ambassador
Karlheinz Möbus (1938–2014)		1986-1990	ambassador

Kuwait

Surname	image	Term of office	Remarks
Kuwait
Walter Issleib		1970	Legation Councilor, Lt. d. Commercial agency
Walter Issleib		1970-1972	Consul General, Lt. d. Consulate General
Diplomatic relations since December 18, 1972
Hans-Jürgen Weitz (1923–1997)		1973	second accredited from Baghdad / Iraq
Günter Schurath (1929-2004)		1974-1975	ambassador
Günther Doberenz (1923–1999)		1975-1982	ambassador
Arne C. Seifert (* 1937)		1982-1987	ambassador
Kurt Merkel (* 1934)		1987-1990	Ambassador, abducted to Baghdad in 1990.

Laos

Surname	image	Term of office	Remarks
Laos
Joachim Naumann (1929–2019)		1962-1963	Plenipotentiary of the government of the GDR
Diplomatic relations since May 27, 1974
Dietrich Jarck (1932-2016)		1974-1988	ambassador
Günter Horn (* 1930)		1978-1981	ambassador
Dieter Doering (1930-2010)		1981-1984	ambassador
Dietrich Jarck (1932-2016)		1984-1989	ambassador
Günter Horn (* 1930)		1989-1990	ambassador

Lesotho

Surname	image	Term of office	Remarks
Lesotho
Diplomatic relations since March 22, 1976
Gerhard Stein (1922–1987)		1977-1979	second accredited from Lusaka / Zambia
Horst Koehler (1924–1984)		1979-1984	second accredited from Lusaka / Zambia
Helmut Matthes (1935–2019)		1986-1988	second accredited from Maputo / Mozambique
Günther Fritsch (* 1930)		1989-1990	second accredited from Maputo / Mozambique

Lebanon

Surname	image	Term of office	Remarks
Lebanon
Alfred Grimm		1955-1956	Commercial Council, Lt. d. Commercial agency
Werner Hänold (1929-2007)		1957-1960	Commercial Council, Lt. d. HV
Manfred Schneider		1960–1962	Commercial Council, Lt. d. HV
Heinrich Kruger		1962-1963	Commercial Council, Lt. d. HV
Fritz Helbig		1963-1967	Commercial Council, Lt. d. HV
Gerhard Herder (* 1928)		1968-1972	Legationr., Lt. d. HV
Diplomatic relations since December 24, 1972
Gerhard Herder (* 1928)		1973	ambassador
Bruno Sedlaczek (* 1928)		1973-1978	ambassador
Achim Reichardt (* 1929)		1978-1981	ambassador
Bruno Sedlaczek (* 1928)		1981-1986	ambassador
Horst Lindner (* 1931)		1986-1988	ambassador
Siegfried Löwe (* 1935)		1988-1990	ambassador

Liberia

Surname	image	Term of office	Remarks
Liberia
Diplomatic relations since September 28, 1973
Johannes Vogel (1928-2017)		1974-1975	second accredited from Accra / Ghana
Werner Schedlich (1928-2019)		1975-1988	second accredited from Accra / Ghana
Horst Hähnel (* 1932)		1978-1981	second accredited from Accra / Ghana
Herbert Denzler (* 1926)		1981-1984	second accredited from Accra / Ghana
Franz Everhartz (* 1923)		1985-1988	second accredited from Accra / Ghana
Gottfried Bühring (* 1937)		1988-1990	second accredited from Accra / Ghana

Libya

Surname	image	Term of office	Remarks
Libya
Achim Reichard (* 1929)		1965-1968	Government Commissioner
Ronald Böttcher (1928-2014)		1968-1971	Government Commissioner
Alfred Hengelhaupt		? -?	Chargé d'affaires
Diplomatic relations since June 11, 1973
Ronald Böttcher (1928-2014)		1973-1975	ambassador
Freimut Seidel (* 1934)		1975-1981	ambassador
Wolfgang Bator (* 1927)		1981-1986	ambassador
Heinz Knobbe (* 1932)		1986-1990	ambassador

Liechtenstein

Surname	image	Term of office	Remarks
Liechtenstein
Diplomatic relations since June 28, 1973
Günther Ullrich (1930-2000)		1973-1976	second accredited from Bern / Switzerland
Herbert Barth (* 1929)		1976-1980	second accredited from Bern / Switzerland
Eckhard Bibow (* 1930)		1986-1990	second accredited from Bern / Switzerland

Luxembourg

Surname	image	Term of office	Remarks
Luxembourg
Diplomatic relations since January 5, 1973
Heinz Hoffmann (* 1921)		1973-1986	second accredited from Brussels / Belgium
Ernst Walkowski (1931–2011)		1986-1990	second accredited from Brussels / Belgium

Madagascar

Surname	image	Term of office	Remarks
Madagascar
Diplomatic relations since November 29, 1973
Helmut Matthes (1935–2019)		1974-1976	second accredited from Dar es Salaam / Tanzania
Hans-Jürgen Weitz (1923–1997)		1976-1980	second accredited from Dar es Salaam / Tanzania
Manfred Richter (* 1934)		1980-1981	ambassador
Manfred Schubarth (* 1933)		1982-1985	ambassador
Klaus Ernst (* 1936)		1985-1989	ambassador
Eleonora Schmid (* 1939)		1989-1990	Ambassador

Malaysia

Surname	image	Term of office	Remarks
Malaysia
Diplomatic relations since April 4, 1973
Werner Peters (* 1939)		1973	Chargé d'affaires
Günter Gahlich (1932–1977)		1974-1977	second accredited from Jakarta / Indonesia
Eberhard Feister (1930–1987)		1978-1980	second accredited from Jakarta / Indonesia
Klaus Mäser (* 1932)		1980-1986	ambassador
Wolfgang Seyfarth (* 1937)		1986-1990	ambassador

Maldives

Surname	image	Term of office	Remarks
Maldives
Diplomatic relations since May 22, 1970
Helmut Faulwetter (1929–1989)		1970-1973	second accredited from Colombo / Sri Lanka
Kraft Bumbel (1926–1997)		1974-1977	second accredited from Colombo / Sri Lanka
Bruno Mey (1932-2003)		1978-1981	second accredited from Colombo / Sri Lanka
Dieter Philipp (* 1938)		1982-1986	second accredited from Colombo / Sri Lanka
Helmut Höhlig (* 1934)		1987-1990	second accredited from Colombo / Sri Lanka

Mali

Surname	image	Term of office	Remarks
Mali
Gottfried Lessing (1914–1979)		1961	Legation councilor, head of the WHM
Wilhelm Gross		1961-1964	Legation councilor, head of the WHM
Manfred Richter (* 1934)		1964-1965	Legation councilor, head of the WHM
Ronald Weidemann (* 1931)		1965-1968	Legation councilor, head of the WHM
Manfred Richter (* 1934)		1968-1970	Legation councilor, head of the WHM
Johannes Schöche (* 1937)		1970-1973	Legation councilor, head of the WHM
Diplomatic relations since April 19, 1973
Johannes Schöche (* 1937)		1973-1975	ambassador
Alfred Peukert (1925-2013)		1975-1977	ambassador
Manfred Thiede (* 1936)		1977-1980	ambassador
Erich Meske (1932-2009)		1980-1985	ambassador
Karl-Heinz Witzke (* 1938)		1985-1989	ambassador
Helmut Plettner (* 1929)		1989-1990	ambassador

Malta

Surname	image	Term of office	Remarks
Malta
Diplomatic relations since February 6, 1973
Heinz Lehmann		1974-1979	Chargé d'affaires, accredited from Rome / Italy
Hans Voss (1931-2016)		1979-1985	second accredited from Rome / Italy
Wolfgang Kiesewetter (1924–1991)		1985-1990	second accredited from Rome / Italy
Alfred Marter (1934–1998)		1990	ambassador

Morocco

Surname	image	Term of office	Remarks
Morocco
Siegfried Kämpf (1929-2005)		1962-1964	Head of commercial agency
Anton Schäfer		1964-1967	Commercial Council, Head of Commercial Agency
Werner Todtmann		1967-1972	Commercial Council, Head of Commercial Agency
Diplomatic relations since December 29, 1972
Wilfried Kittler (* 1929)		1973-1978	ambassador
Hans Scharf (1926–1980)		1978-1980	ambassador
Eleonora Schmid (* 1939)		1980-1987	Ambassador
Manfred Richter (* 1934)		1987-1990	ambassador

Mauritania

Surname	image	Term of office	Remarks
Mauritania
Diplomatic relations since January 20, 1973
Manfred Thiede (* 1936)		1978-1980	second accredited from Bamako / Mali
Erich Meske (1932-2009)		1980-1985	second accredited from Bamako / Mali
Karl-Heinz Witzke (* 1938)		1985-1989	second accredited from Bamako / Mali

Mauritius

Surname	image	Term of office	Remarks
Mauritius
Diplomatic relations since October 29, 1974
Helmut Matthes (1935–2019)		1975-1976	second accredited from Dar es Salaam / Tanzania
Hans-Jürgen Weitz (1923–1997)		1977-1981	second accredited from Dar es Salaam / Tanzania
Werner Schedlich (1928-2019)		1981-1984	second accredited from Dar es Salaam / Tanzania
Dieter Klinkert (* 1931)		1985-1989	second accredited from Dar es Salaam / Tanzania
Wolf Schunke (* 1940)		1989-1990	second accredited from Dar es Salaam / Tanzania

Mexico

Surname	image	Term of office	Remarks
Mexico
Heinz Löhn (* 1934)		1968-1971	Head of commercial agency
Alfred Patzak (1931–2012)		1971-1972	amt. Head of the commercial agency
Heinz Seidel		1972-1973	Head of commercial agency
Diplomatic relations since June 5, 1973
Gerhard Korth (* 1929)		1973-1977	ambassador
Peter Lorf (1932-2019)		1978-1982	ambassador
Peter Gleinig (* 1938)		1982-1983	Chargé d'affaires
Joachim Naumann (1929–2019)		1983-1988	ambassador
Gerhard Korth (* 1929)		1988-1990	ambassador
Günter Metzker (* 1935)		1990	ambassador

Mozambique / Mozambique

Surname	image	Term of office	Remarks
Mozambique
Diplomatic relations since June 25, 1975
Johannes Vogel (1928-2017)		1975-1988	ambassador
Julian Hollender (1938-2010)		1978-1981	ambassador
Johannes Vogel (1928-2017)		1981-1983	ambassador
Helmut Matthes (1935–2019)		1984-1988	ambassador
Günther Fritsch (* 1930)		1988-1990	ambassador

Mongolia

Surname	image	Term of office	Remarks
Mongolia
Diplomatic relations since April 13, 1950
Rudolf Appelt (1900–1955)		1953-1954	Ambassador, Lt. d. Dipl. Mission
Rudolf Appelt (1900–1955)		1954-1955	Ambassador, Lt. d. Embassy
Johannes König (1903–1966)		1955-1958	ambassador
Johannes Dick (1910–1963)		1959-1961	ambassador
Karl Speiser (* 1914)		1961-1964	ambassador
Klaus Willerding (1923–1982)		1964-1968	ambassador
Willy Hüttenrauch (1909–1996)		1968-1972	ambassador
Berthold craftsman (1920–2002)		1972-1976	ambassador
Egon Rommel (* 1930)		1976-1981	ambassador
Heinz Bauer (1929–1992)		1981-1986	ambassador
Lothar Zöllner (* 1931)		1987-1990	ambassador

Myanmar

Surname	image	Term of office	Remarks
Burma (until 1989), Myanmar (from 1989)
Hans Glockner		1955-1956	Commercial Council, Head of Chamber Representation
Hans-Joachim Lemnitzer (* 1931)		1956	Commercial Council, Head of Chamber Representation
Horst Behrend		1956-1958	Commercial attaché, head of chamber representation
Theodor Richter		1958-1960	Commercial Council, Head of Chamber Representation
Hans Voss (1931-2016)		1960-1963	Consul General, Head of the Consulate General
Hans Joachim Radde (1927-2009)		1963-1968	Consul General, Head of the Consulate General
Karl-Heinz Vesper (1931-2006)		1968-1971	Consul General, Head of the Consulate General
Siegfried Kühnel (* 1932)		1971-1973	Consul General, Head of the Consulate General
Diplomatic relations since February 23, 1973
Siegfried Kühnel (* 1932)		1973-1977	ambassador
Hans Fischer (1924–1983)		1977-1982	ambassador
Klaus Mäser (* 1932)		1982-1986	second accredited from Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia
Wolfgang Seyfarth (* 1937)		1986-1990	second accredited from Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia

Namibia

Surname	image	Term of office	Remarks
Namibia
Hans-Georg Schleicher (* 1943)		1989-1990	Ambassador, Lt. d. Dipl. Mission
Diplomatic relations since March 21, 1990
Hans-Georg Schleicher (* 1943)		1990	Chargé d'affaires
Frank Hildebrandt		1990	Chargé d'affaires

Nauru

 Nauru

Diplomatic relations since April 15, 1979 - No ambassadors have been accredited.

Nepal

Surname	image	Term of office	Remarks
Nepal
Heinz Erbig (* 1933)		1971-1972	Consul General, Lt. d. Consulate General
Diplomatic relations since December 20, 1972
Herbert Fischer (1914-2006)		1973-1974	second accredited from New Delhi / India
Wolfgang Schüßler (* 1930)		1974-1975	second accredited from New Delhi / India
Karl Gadow (1913–1992)		1975-1988	ambassador
Walter Schmidt (* 1929)		1980-1986	ambassador
Lothar Strauss (* 1926)		1988-1990	ambassador

New Zealand

Surname	image	Term of office	Remarks
New Zealand
Diplomatic relations since May 31, 1974
Hans Richter (1930–1978)		1974-1977	second accredited from Canberra / Australia
Gerhard Lindner (1930-2010)		1977-1982	second accredited from Canberra / Australia
Joachim Elm (1931–2012)		1982-1989	second accredited from Canberra / Australia
Ernst Kube (* 1928)		1989-1990	second accredited from Canberra / Australia

Nicaragua

Surname	image	Term of office	Remarks
Nicaragua
Diplomatic relations since July 20, 1979
Gerhard Korth (* 1929)		1979-1980	Chargé d'affaires
Gerald Möckel (1935–2012)		1980-1983	ambassador
Heinrich March (* 1939)		1983-1988	ambassador
Matthias Dietrich (* 1949)		1988-1990	ambassador

Netherlands

Surname	image	Term of office	Remarks
Netherlands
Ernst Düe		1955-1957	Head of Chamber Representation
Hellmar Röhle		1957-1959	Head of KV
Kurt Schnell (1914–1971)		1959-1962	Commercial Council, Lt. d. KV
Hans-Georg carrier		1962-1963	Head of KV
Rudolf Blankenburger (1911–?)		1963-1972	Commercial Council, Lt. d. KV
Ernst Großkopf		1972-1973	Commercial Council, Lt. d. KV
Diplomatic relations since January 5, 1973
Klaus Wolf (1934-2019)		1973-1975	ambassador
Gerhard Waschewski (1929–2009)		1975-1981	ambassador
Willy Hoffmann (1925–1990)		1981-1982	ambassador
Wolfgang Strohmeyer (* 1930)		1982-1988	ambassador
Karl Wildau (* 1928)		1988-1990	ambassador
Lothar Nestler (1932-2015)		1990	ambassador

Niger

Surname	image	Term of office	Remarks
Niger
Diplomatic relations since March 4, 1975
Alfred Peukert (1925-2013)		1975-1977	second accredited from Bamako / Mali
Manfred Thiede (* 1936)		1977-1980	second accredited from Bamako / Mali
Erich Meske (1932-2009)		1981-1985	second accredited from Bamako / Mali
Karl-Heinz Witzke (* 1938)		1988-1989	second accredited from Bamako / Mali

Nigeria

Surname	image	Term of office	Remarks
Nigeria
Diplomatic relations since February 10, 1973
Gerhard Künzel (* 1923)		1973-1976	ambassador
Wolfgang Seyfarth (* 1937)		1976-1980	ambassador
Wolf Schunke (* 1940)		1980-1985	ambassador
Gerhard Haida (1937-2014)		1985-1988	ambassador
Manfred Seiferth (* 1940)		1988-1990	ambassador

Norway

Surname	image	Term of office	Remarks
Norway
Ernst Düe		1957-1959	Head of Chamber Representation
Gustav Jüttner		1959-1963	Commercial Council, Head of Chamber Representation
Johann Wasserfuhr		1963-1965	Commercial Council, Head of Chamber Representation
Hans-Joachim Rothe		1965-1969	Commercial Council, Head of Chamber Representation
Wilhelm counter		1969-1972	Commercial Council, Head of Chamber Representation
Peter Hintzmann (1936–1998)		1972-1973	Counselor, head of the commercial agency
Diplomatic relations since January 17, 1973
Peter Hintzmann (1936–1998)		1973-1977	ambassador
Werner Krause (* 1935)		1977-1984	ambassador
Gerhard Waschewski (1929–2009)		1984-1989	ambassador
Günter Schurath (1929-2004)		1989-1990	ambassador

Austria

Surname	image	Term of office	Remarks
Austria
Gerd Falkenburg		1954-1955	Head of Chamber Representation
Kurt hood tear		1955-1958	Head of KV
Karl Keilholz		1958–1962	Head of KV
Paul garlic		1962-1965	Commercial Council, Lt. d. KV
Franz Gloth		1965-1969	Commercial Council, Lt. d. KV
Günter Kämmler (* 1926)		1969-1973	Legation Council / AGBM, Lt. d. KV
Diplomatic relations since December 21, 1972
Werner Fleck (1931-2018)		1973-1976	ambassador
Gerhard Schramm (1923-2010)		1976-1983	ambassador
Horst Grunert (1928-2005)		1983-1986	ambassador
Klaus Wolf (1934-2019)		1986-1990	ambassador

Pakistan

Surname	image	Term of office	Remarks
Pakistan
Diplomatic relations since November 15, 1972
Hans Maretzki (* 1933)		1973-1977	ambassador
Roland Lindner (* 1937)		1977-1980	ambassador
Kurt Meier (* 1930)		1980-1984	ambassador
Hans-Joachim Rehmer (* 1937)		1984-1988	ambassador
Karl Fischer (* 1939)		1988-1990	ambassador

Palestine

 Palestine

Diplomatic relations since November 18, 1988

Date of recognition of the state of Palestine by the GDR. No ambassadors were appointed.

Panama

Surname	image	Term of office	Remarks
Panama
Diplomatic relations since January 28, 1974
Peter Lorf (1932-2019)		1978-1982	second accredited from Mexico City / Mexico
Joachim Naumann (1929–2019)		1983-1988	second accredited from Mexico City / Mexico
Gerhard Korth (* 1929)		1988-1990	second accredited from Mexico City / Mexico

Papua New Guinea

 Papua New Guinea

Diplomatic relations since December 1, 1978

No ambassadors have been appointed for Port Moresby .

Peru

Surname	image	Term of office	Remarks
Peru
Diplomatic relations since December 28, 1972
Edgar Fries (* 1937)		1973-1975	ambassador
Dieter Kulitzka (1931-2005)		1975	ambassador
Gerhard Witten (1933–1997)		1975-1980	ambassador
Arthur Höltge (* 1932)		1980-1985	ambassador
Klaus Hartmann (1940-2017)		1985-1990	ambassador

Philippines

Surname	image	Term of office	Remarks
Philippines
Diplomatic relations since September 21, 1973
Eberhard Feister (1930–1987)		1978-1980	second accredited from Jakarta / Indonesia
Kurt Merkel (* 1934)		1981-1986	ambassador
Eberhard Kunz (* 1937)		1986-1989	ambassador
Joachim Wittwer (* 1940)		1986-1990	ambassador

Poland

Surname	image	Term of office	Remarks
Poland
Diplomatic relations since October 18, 1949
Friedrich Wolf (1888–1953)		1949-1951	Ambassador, Lt. d. Dipl. Mission
Aenne Kundermann (1907-2000)		1951-1953	Ambassador, Lt. d. Dipl. Mission
Stefan Heymann (1896–1967)		1953-1957	ambassador
Josef Hegen (1907–1969)		1957-1961	ambassador
Richard Gyptner (1901–1972)		1961-1963	ambassador
Karl Mewis (1907–1987)		1963-1968	ambassador
Rudolf Rossmeisl (1923–1986)		1968-1973	ambassador
Günter Sieber (1930-2006)		1973-1980	ambassador
Horst Neubauer (* 1936)		1980-1988	ambassador
Jürgen van Zwoll (* 1939)		1988-1990	ambassador

Portugal

Surname	image	Term of office	Remarks
Portugal
Diplomatic relations since June 16, 1974
Erich Butzke (1920–1988)		1974-1977	ambassador
Frank Bochow (1937-2012)		1977-1982	ambassador
Siegfried Kämpf (1929-2005)		1982-1985	ambassador
Julian Hollender (1938-2010)		1986-1990	ambassador

Rwanda

Surname	image	Term of office	Remarks
Rwanda
Diplomatic relations since February 14, 1973
Hans Fischer (1924–1983)		1973-1977	second accredited from Kampala / Uganda
Gottfried Lessing (1914–1979)		1978-1979	second accredited from Kampala / Uganda
Gerhard Launicke (* 1941)		1981-1983	second accredited from Kampala / Uganda
Gerhard Feldbauer (* 1933)		1986-1987	second accredited from Kinshasa / Zaire
Manfred Schubarth (* 1933)		1988-1990	second accredited from Kinshasa / Zaire

Romania

Surname	image	Term of office	Remarks
Romania
Diplomatic relations since October 22, 1949
Jonny Löhr (1899–1967)		1950-1951	AGBM, Head of the Diplomatic Mission
Georg Handke (1894–1962)		1952-1953	AGBM, later ambassador, head of the diplomatic mission
Werner Eggerath (1900–1977)		1954-1957	ambassador
Georg Stibi (1901–1982)		1957-1958	ambassador
Wilhelm Bick (1903–1980)		1958-1963	ambassador
Anton Ruh (1912–1964)		1963-1964	ambassador
Ewald Moldt (1927-2019)		1965-1970	ambassador
Hans Voss (1931-2016)		1970-1977	ambassador
Siegfried Bock (1926-2019)		1977-1984	ambassador
Herbert Plaschke (1929-2010)		1984-1990	ambassador

Zambia

Surname	image	Term of office	Remarks
Zambia
Werner Schedlich (1928-2019)		1964-1969	Head of Trade Mission
Wolfgang Zielke		1969-1971	Head of HM
Diplomatic relations since February 21, 1973
Gerhard Stein (1922–1987)		1974-1979	ambassador
Horst Koehler (1924–1984)		1979-1984	ambassador
Peter Gonschorek (* 1942)		1985-1987	ambassador
Günther Donath (* 1932)		1987-1990	ambassador

Samoa

 Western Samoa

Diplomatic relations since December 20, 1988

No ambassadors were appointed for Apia .

San Marino

Surname	image	Term of office	Remarks
San Marino
Consular relations since November 26, 1973
Heinz Lehmann		until 1978	Consul General from Rome / Italy accreditation.
Manfred Haustein		1978-1981	GK from Rome / Italy
Klaus Mehlitz		1981-1983	GK from Rome / Italy
Peter Michalek		1983-1985	GK from Rome / Italy
Klaus Mehlitz		1985-1988	GK from Rome / Italy
Manfred Haase (diplomat)		1988-1990	GK from Rome / Italy

Zanzibar and Pemba, People's Republic

Surname	image	Term of office	Remarks
Diplomatic relations December 8, 1954 to 1965
Günther Fritsch (* 1930)		1964-1965	ambassador

After the unification of Zanzibar with Tanzania in 1964, the GDR embassy in Zanzibar continued as the consulate general in Tanzania from 1965. A consulate continued to work in Zanzibar.

Sao Tome and Principe

Surname	image	Term of office	Remarks
Sao Tome and Principe
Diplomatic relations since July 13, 1975
Werner Dordan		1976-1979	second accredited from Brazzaville / Congo
Horst Schön (1931–1986)		1979-1980	second accredited from Luanda / Angola
Johannes Schöche (* 1937)		1981-1985	second accredited from Luanda / Angola
Gotthelf Schulze (* 1938)		1986-1989	second accredited from Luanda / Angola
Bernd Hüttner (* 1943)		1989-1990	second accredited from Luanda / Angola

Sweden

Surname	image	Term of office	Remarks
Sweden
Kurt Naumann		1957	Head of Chamber Representation
Kurt Lorentz		1957-1959	Head of KV
Kurt Schmeisser		1959-1962	Commercial Council, Lt. d. KV
Heinz Mainusch		1962-1966	Commercial Council, Lt. d. KV
Otto Kranz		1966-1970	Commercial Council, Lt. d. KV
Günter Nobel (1913-2007)		1970-1971	Legationr., Lt. d. KV
Peter Steglich (* 1936)		1971-1972	Legationr., Lt. d. KV
Diplomatic relations since December 21, 1972
Peter Steglich (* 1936)		1973-1974	ambassador
Wolfgang Kiesewetter (1924–1991)		1974-1982	ambassador
Manfred Schmidt (* 1930)		1982-1988	ambassador
Erich Wetzl (* 1937)		1988-1990	ambassador

Switzerland

Surname	image	Term of office	Remarks
Switzerland
Diplomatic relations since December 20, 1972
Günther Ullrich (1930-2000)		1973-1976	ambassador
Herbert Barth (* 1929)		1976-1980	ambassador
Klaus Goldenbaum (* 1928)		1980-1984	ambassador
Kurt Böttger (1923–1993)		1984-1986	ambassador
Eckhard Bibow (* 1930)		1986-1990	ambassador

Senegal

Surname	image	Term of office	Remarks
Senegal
Diplomatic relations since August 22, 1973
Willfried Kittler (* 1929)		1974-1988	second accredited from Rabat / Morocco
Hans Scharf (1926–1980)		1978-1980	second accredited from Rabat / Morocco
Eleonora Schmid (* 1939)		1980-1987	second accredited from Rabat / Morocco
Wolfgang Kubisch (* 1939)		1989-1990	second accredited from Conakry / Guinea

Seychelles

Surname	image	Term of office	Remarks
Seychelles
Diplomatic relations since July 3, 1976
Hans-Jürgen Weitz (1923–1997)		1977-1981	second accredited from Dar es Salaam / Tanzania
Werner Schedlich (1928-2019)		1981-1984	second accredited from Dar es Salaam / Tanzania
Dieter Klinkert (* 1931)		1985-1989	second accredited from Dar es Salaam / Tanzania
Wolf Schunke (* 1940)		1989-1990	second accredited from Dar es Salaam / Tanzania

Sierra Leone

Surname	image	Term of office	Remarks
Sierra Leone
Diplomatic relations since December 21, 1972
Günther Fritsch (diplomat) (* 1930)		March 1973– December 1974	second accredited from Conakry / Guinea
Eleonora Schmid (* 1939)		1974-1988	second accredited from Conakry / Guinea
Gerhard Haida (1937-2014)		1979-1980	second accredited from Guinea and Gambia
Manfred Thiede (* 1936)		1981-1982	second accredited from Conakry / Guinea
Helmut Plettner (* 1929)		1983-1985	second accredited from Conakry / Guinea
Wolfgang Kubisch (* 1939)		1987-1990	second accredited from Conakry / Guinea

Zimbabwe

Surname	image	Term of office	Remarks
Zimbabwe
Diplomatic relations since November 1, 1980
Otto Becker (1928–2015)		1981-1983	ambassador
Hans-Georg Schleicher (* 1943)		1983-1988	ambassador
Uwe Zeise (* 1939)		1988-1990	ambassador

Singapore

Surname	image	Term of office	Remarks
Singapore
Diplomatic relations since August 10, 1973
Kraft Bumbel (1926–1997)		1974-1977	second accredited from Colombo / Sri Lanka
Eberhard Feister (1930–1987)		1979-1982	second accredited from Jakarta / Indonesia
Werner Peters (* 1939)		1982-1986	second accredited from Jakarta / Indonesia
Siegfried Kühnel (* 1932)		1986-1990	second accredited from Jakarta / Indonesia

Somalia

Surname	image	Term of office	Remarks
Somalia
Diplomatic relations since April 8, 1970
Werner Herklotz (* 1931)		1970-1974	ambassador
Horst Koehler (1924–1984)		1974-1988	ambassador
Eberhard Kunz (* 1937)		1978-1981	ambassador
Lothar Lappe (* 1936)		1981-1984	ambassador
Herbert Denzler (* 1926)		1984-1987	ambassador
Gerhard Launicke (* 1941)		1987-1990	ambassador

Spain

Diplomatic relations were established in 1973, but after the shooting of José Humberto Baena, José Luis Sánchez Bravo and Ramón García Sanz from the FRAP (Revolutionary Antifascist and Patriotic Front) and Juan Paredes Manot (Txiki) and Ángel Otaegui from the ETA in September 1975 Frozen until 1977.

Surname	image	Term of office	Remarks
Spain
Diplomatic relations since January 11, 1973
Otto Pfeiffer (* 1937)		1973	Chargé d'affaires / envoy
Peter Lorf (1932-2019)		1973-1975	ambassador
Gerhard Korth (* 1929)		1977-1988	ambassador
Ernst Walkowski (1931–2011)		1978-1986	ambassador
Harry Spindler (1931–1992)		1987-1990	ambassador

Sri Lanka

Surname	image	Term of office	Remarks
Sri Lanka
Willi Schild		1961–1962	Lt. d. Trade mission
Ludwig Zempelburg (1918-2003)		1964-1968	Consul General, Lt. d. Consulate General
Kraft Bumbel (1926–1997)		1968-1970	Consul General, Lt. d. Consulate General
Diplomatic relations since June 16, 1970
Helmut Faulwetter (1929–1989)		1970-1973	ambassador
Kraft Bumbel (1926–1997)		1973-1977	ambassador
Bruno Mey (1932-2003)		1977-1981	ambassador
Dieter Philipp (* 1938)		1981-1986	ambassador
Helmut Höhlig (* 1934)		1986-1990	ambassador

Sudan

Surname	image	Term of office	Remarks
Sudan
Herbert Niederberger		1956-1957	Commercial Council, Head of Commercial Agency
Lothar Stars		1957-1962	Commercial Council, Lt. d. HV
Georg corner		1962-1965	Commercial Council, Lt. d. HV
Helmut Fischer		1965-1967	Commercial Council, Lt. d. HV
Eberhard Feister (1930–1987)		1968-1969	Commercial Council, Lt. d. HV
Diplomatic relations since June 3, 1969
Eberhard Feister (1930–1987)		1969-1970	ambassador
Kurt Böttger (1923–1993)		1970-1973	ambassador
Herbert Denzler (* 1926)		1973-1978	ambassador
Lothar Eichelkraut (* 1929)		1978-1983	ambassador
Walter Worch (* 1935)		1983-1988	ambassador
Horst Melcher (1928–2002)		1988-1990	ambassador
Adolf Richter (1937-2018)		1990	ambassador

South Vietnam

Surname	image	Term of office	Remarks
South Vietnam
Diplomatic relations since June 20, 1969
Dietrich Jarck (1932-2016)		1973-1976	second accredited from Vientiane / Laos

Syria

Surname	image	Term of office	Remarks
Syria
Frank Zeidler		1956-1959	Commercial Council, Lt. d. Commercial agency
Eduard Claudius (1911–1976)		1956-1959	Consul General
Willi Baumann		1959-1961	Commercial Council, Lt. d. Commercial agency
Georg corner		1961-1965	Commercial Council, Lt. d. Commercial agency
Karl Gaile (1905–1979)		1961-1965	Consul, Lt. d. Consulate
Horst Grunert (1928-2005)		1965-1968	Consul General, Lt. d. Consulate General
Alfred Marter (1934–1998)		1968-1969	Consul General, Lt. d. Consulate General
Diplomatic relations since June 5, 1969
Alfred Marter (1934–1998)		1969-1972	ambassador
Wolfgang Konschel (1931-2013)		1972-1977	ambassador
Heinz-Dieter Winter (* 1934)		1977-1981	ambassador
Reinhard Escherich (* 1936)		1981-1985	ambassador
Wolfgang Grabowski (* 1937)		1985-1988	ambassador
Karl-Heinz Lugenheim (* 1928)		1989-1990	ambassador

Tanzania

Surname	image	Term of office	Remarks
Tanzania
Gottfried Lessing (1914–1979)		1965-1969	Consul General, Lt. d. Consulate General
Erich Butzke (1920–1988)		1969-1972	Consul General, Lt. d. Consulate General
Diplomatic relations since December 21, 1972
Helmut Matthes (1935–2019)		1973-1976	ambassador
Hans-Jürgen Weitz (1923–1997)		1976-1981	ambassador
Werner Schedlich (1928-2019)		1981-1984	ambassador
Dieter Klinkert (* 1931)		1984-1989	ambassador
Wolf Schunke (* 1940)		1989-1990	ambassador

Thailand

Surname	image	Term of office	Remarks
Thailand
Diplomatic relations since September 3, 1974
Siegfried Kühnel (* 1932)		1976-1977	Second accredited from Rangoon / Burma
Hans Fischer (1924–1983)		1978-1982	Second accredited from Rangoon / Burma
Klaus Maeser (* 1932)		1982-1986	Second accredited from Kuala Lumpur / Malaysia
Wolfgang Seyfarth (* 1937)		1986-1990	Second accredited from Kuala Lumpur / Malaysia

Togo

Surname	image	Term of office	Remarks
Togo
Diplomatic relations since April 18, 1973
Horst Hähnel (* 1932)		1979-1981	second accredited from Accra / Ghana
Herbert Denzler (* 1926)		1981-1985	second accredited from Accra / Ghana
Franz Everhartz (* 1923)		1985-1988	second accredited from Accra / Ghana
Gottfried Bühring (* 1937)		1988-1990	second accredited from Accra / Ghana

Trinidad and Tobago

 Trinidad and Tobago

Diplomatic relations since October 16, 1987

Ambassadors have not been named for Port of Spain .

Chad

Surname	image	Term of office	Remarks
Chad
Diplomatic relations since June 6, 1971
Gerhard Krausse (1926–2012)		1971-1976	ambassador
Helmut Plettner (* 1929)		1976-1979	ambassador
Wolfgang Hückel (1936-2019)		1979-1982	ambassador
Horstmar Kohl (* 1927)		1989-1990	ambassador

Czechoslovakia

Surname	image	Term of office	Remarks
Czechoslovakia
Diplomatic relations since October 18, 1949
Fritz Große (1904–1957)		1949-1952	Head of the Diplomatic Mission, Ambassador
Bernard Koenen (1889–1964)		1953	Head of the Diplomatic Mission, Ambassador
Bernard Koenen (1889–1964)		1953-1958	ambassador
Georg Stibi (1901–1982)		1958-1961	ambassador
Walter Vesper (1897–1978)		1961-1965	ambassador
Johannes König (1903–1966)		1965-1966	ambassador
Heinz Willmann (1906–1991)		1966-1967	ambassador
Peter Florin (1921-2014)		1967-1969	ambassador
Herbert Krolikowski (1924–2012)		1969-1973	ambassador
Gerd König (1930-2009)		1973-1980	ambassador
Helmut Ziebart (1929–2011)		1981-1990	ambassador

Tunisia

Surname	image	Term of office	Remarks
Tunisia
Joachim von Freyent		1963	Head of commercial agency
Walter Torge		1963-1967	Commercial Council, Lt. d. HV
Kurt Roth (1931–1989)		1968-1972	official Lt. d. HV
Diplomatic relations since December 17, 1972
Hans-Dieter Winter (* 1934)		1973-1976	ambassador
Erich Meske (1932-2009)		1976-1988	ambassador
Alfred Peukert (1925-2013)		1978-1979	ambassador
Helmut Gürke (1922-2005)		1979-1982	ambassador
Bernd Hauke (* 1943)		1982-1986	ambassador
Manfred Stantke (* 1927)		1986-1990	ambassador
Edgar Röder (* 1936)		1990	ambassador

Turkey

Surname	image	Term of office	Remarks
Turkey
Werner Pelz		1955-1959	Head of Chamber Representation
Kurt Bransch		1959-1962	Head of KV
Manfred Zimmermann (* 1929)		1963	Head of KV
Alexander Telschow		1964-1965	Head of KV
Walter Rabaschus		1965-1969	Commercial Council, Lt. d. KV
Walter Groh		1969-1971	Commercial Council, Lt. d. KV
Kurt Gabbert		1971-1974	Commercial Council, Lt. d. KV
Diplomatic relations since June 1, 1974
Norbert Jaeschke (1927-2018)		1974-1979	ambassador
Heinz Schulz (* 1933)		1979-1985	ambassador
Harry Schneider (* 1932)		1985-1989	ambassador
Norbert Jaeschke (1927-2018)		1989-1990	ambassador

Uganda

Surname	image	Term of office	Remarks
Uganda
Diplomatic relations since January 5, 1973
Hans Fischer (1924–1983)		1973-1977	ambassador
Gottfried Lessing (1914–1979)		1977-1979	ambassador
Wolfgang Zielke		1979-1980	Chargé d'affaires
Gerhard Launicke (* 1941)		1980-1983	ambassador
Christian Kleinhempel		1983-1985	ambassador
Bruno May		1985-1989	ambassador
Werner Schedlich (1928-2019)		1989-1990	ambassador

Hungary

Surname	image	Term of office	Remarks
Hungary
Diplomatic relations since October 19, 1949
Erich Kops (1905–1961)		1949-1951	Lt. d. Dipl. Mission, AGBM
Stefan Heymann (1896–1967)		1951-1953	Lt. d. Dipl. Mission, AGBM
Sepp Schwab (1897–1977)		1954-1956	ambassador
Rudolf Helmer (1914-2007)		1956-1959	ambassador
Walter Vesper (1897–1978)		1959-1961	ambassador
Wilhelm Meißner (1899–1994)		1961-1967	ambassador
Herbert Plaschke (1929-2010)		1967-1973	ambassador
Günter Kohrt (1912–1982)		1973-1974	ambassador
Gerhard Reinert (1928-2005)		1974-1979	ambassador
Rudolf Rossmeisl (1923–1986)		1979-1983	ambassador
Karl-Heinz Lugenheim (* 1928)		1983-1988	ambassador
Gerd Vehres (1941-2009)		1988-1990	ambassador

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

Surname	image	Term of office	Remarks
Soviet Union
Diplomatic relations since October 15, 1949
Rudolf Appelt (1900–1955)		1949-1953	Lt. d. Dipl. Mission, Ambassador
Rudolf Appelt (1900–1955)		1953-1955	ambassador
Johannes König (1903–1966)		1955-1959	ambassador
Rudolf Dölling (1902–1975)		1959-1965	ambassador
Horst Bittner (1927-2013)		1965-1974	ambassador
Harry Ott (1933-2005)		1974-1980	ambassador
Egon Winkelmann (1928–2015)		1981-1986	ambassador
Gerd König (1930-2009)		1987-1990	ambassador

Uruguay

Surname	image	Term of office	Remarks
Uruguay
Rudolf Tschörner		1954-1959	Commercial Council, Lt. d. Commercial agency
Otto Schreiber		1959-1962	Commercial Council, Lt. d. HV
Heinz Schwarz (1930-2020)		1962-1963	Commercial attaché, Lt. d. HV
Eberhard von Saher		1963-1965	Commercial Council, Lt. d. HV
Hermann Kuehne		1966-1968	official head of the general meeting
Ulrich Sowinski		1968-1971	Commercial Council, Lt. d. HV
Hermann Kuehne		1971-1973	Commercial Council, Lt. d. HV
Diplomatic relations since December 24, 1972
Hermann Kuehne		1973-1974	Chargé d'affaires
Alfred Patzak (1931–2012)		1975-1988	Chargé d'affaires
Horst Krause (1925-2010)		1978-1986	Chargé d'affaires
Alfred Patzak (1931–2012)		1986-1990	ambassador

Vanuatu

Surname	image	Term of office	Remarks
Vanuatu
Diplomatic relations since October 9, 1986
Joachim Elm (1931–2012)		1987-1989	second accredited from Canberra / Australia

Venezuela

Surname	image	Term of office	Remarks
Venezuela
Diplomatic relations since July 24, 1973
Heinz Erler		1973-1976	Chargé d'affaires
Klaus Hartmann (1940-2017)		1976-1977	Chargé d'affaires
Otto Pfeiffer (* 1937)		1977-1981	ambassador
Horst Neumann (* 1938)		1982-1984	ambassador
Günther Severin (* 1928)		1984-1989	ambassador
Joachim Naumann (1929–2019)		1989-1990	ambassador

United States of America

Surname	image	Term of office	Remarks
United States
Diplomatic relations since September 4, 1974
Rolf Sieber (1929-2020)		1974-1988	ambassador
Horst Grunert (1928-2005)		1978-1983	ambassador
Gerhard Herder (* 1928)		1983-1990	ambassador

United Kingdom

Surname	image	Term of office	Remarks
United Kingdom
Kurt Wolf		1959-1963	Commercial Council, Lt. d. Chamber representation
Jost Prescher (1930-2000)		1963-1965	Head of Chamber Representation
Erich Renneisen (1907–1970)		1965-1967	Commercial Council, Lt. d. KV
Dieter Butters		1967-1971	Head of Chamber Representation
Karl-Heinz Kern (* 1930)		1971-1973	AGBM
Diplomatic relations since February 8, 1973
Karl-Heinz Kern (* 1930)		1973-1980	ambassador
Martin Bierbach (1926–1984)		1980-1984	ambassador
Gerhard Lindner (1930-2010)		1984-1989	ambassador
Joachim Mitdank (1931–2017)		1989-1990	ambassador
Ulrike Birkner		1990-1990	Ambassador

North Vietnam / Vietnam

Surname	image	Term of office	Remarks
Vietnam
Diplomatic relations since December 8, 1954
Johannes König (1903–1966)		1954	second accredited from Beijing / China
Rudolf Pfützner (1910–1999)		1955-1959	ambassador
Eduard Claudius (1911–1976)		1959-1961	ambassador
Karl Nohr (1905–1973)		1961-1963	ambassador
Wolfgang Bergold (1913–1987)		1963-1968	ambassador
Klaus Willerding (1923–1982)		1969-1972	ambassador
Dieter Doering (1930-2010)		1972-1988	ambassador
Klaus Zorn (* 1934)		1978-1982	ambassador
Hermann Schwiesau (* 1937)		1982-1986	ambassador
Joachim Löschner (* 1931)		1986-1990	ambassador
Dietmar Grumbach (* 1943)		1990	ambassador

Zaire

Surname	image	Term of office	Remarks
Zaire
Diplomatic relations since December 18, 1972
Ronald Weidemann (* 1931)		1973-1979	ambassador
Karl-Heinz Raeschki (* 1936)		1979-1983	ambassador
Gerhard Feldbauer (* 1933)		1983-1987	ambassador
Manfred Schubarth (* 1933)		1987-1990	ambassador

Central African Republic

Surname	image	Term of office	Remarks
Central African Republic
Diplomatic relations since December 18, 1972
Heinz Germany (* 1934)		1970-1971	ambassador

Cyprus

Surname	image	Term of office	Remarks
Cyprus
Ingo Oeser (1930–1998)		1965-1967	Legation Councilor, Lt. d. Trade mission
Heinz Reimann		1967-1970	Legation Councilor, Lt. d. Trade mission
Kurt Merkel (* 1934)		1970-1972	Legation Councilor, Lt. d. Trade mission
Diplomatic relations since December 21, 1972
Kurt Merkel (* 1934)		1973-1975	ambassador
Karl Wildau (* 1928)		1975-1980	ambassador
Günter Schurath (1929-2004)		1980-1986	ambassador
Kurt Meier (* 1930)		1986-1990	ambassador
Manfred Niklas (* 1940)		1990	ambassador

See also

• Hallstein Doctrine
• List of military attachés of the GDR

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Helmut Müller-Enbergs :  Grunert, Horst . In: Who was who in the GDR? 5th edition. Volume 1. Ch. Links, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-86153-561-4 .
2. ↑ The GDR's application for admission as a full member was rejected in 1955, and its office at ECE was continued until 1973 as the office of the “observer at the headquarters of the United Nations and the other international organizations”. Source: GDR foreign policy - an overview - data, facts, people (III), LIT VERLAG Dr. W. Hopf, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-643-10559-2 , page 282
3. ↑ ^{a b} Werner Fleck in the Munzinger archive , accessed on March 9, 2010 ( beginning of article freely available)
4. ↑ Source: GDR foreign policy - an overview - data, facts, people (III), LIT VERLAG Dr. W. Hopf, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-643-10559-2 , page 255
5. ↑ Successors in the function of a representative of the government of the GDR for the Arab states were: Richard Gyptner (1958–1961), Wolfgang Kiesewetter (1961–1963) and again Ernst Scholz (1963–1968).
6. ↑ Due to political differences, the GDR downgraded diplomatic relations from 1961–1987 to the level of business porters. ( Source )
7. ↑ Edgar Röder: “Mr. Ambassador, you still have one day”. Writings on international politics
8. ↑ After a military coup, the representation had to be closed.
9. ↑ Siegfried Bock, GDR foreign policy in the rearview mirror: Alternative German foreign policy? in Google Book Search, p. 244
10. ^ Haile Gabriel Dagne, The GDR's Development Policy Engagement in. Ethiopia. A study based on Ethiopian sources in the Google book search, Lit Verlag, Münster 2004
11. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u} Siegfried Bock, GDR foreign policy in the rearview mirror: Alternative German foreign policy? in Google Book Search, p. 255
12. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l} Representation of the Chamber for Foreign Trade of the GDR
13. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o} Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
14. ↑ Horst Neubauer in the Munzinger archive ( beginning of article freely available)
15. ↑ ^{a b} From May 2, 1977 to January 20, 1978 Zaire suspended diplomatic relations. Source: GDR foreign policy - an overview - data, facts, people (III), LIT VERLAG Dr. W. Hopf, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-643-10559-2 , page 281
16. ↑ The commercial agency was set up in 1955 on the basis of a banking agreement, closed in 1957 and reopened in 1966.
17. ^ After the military coup in Sep. 1973 the GDR interrupted the dipl. Relationships; At the embassy of Finland and later Romania there was a GDR interest group until 1987. http://hsozkult.geschichte.hu-berlin.de/rezensions/2004-4-020
18. ↑ ^{a b c d} The GDR and China 1949 to 1990: Politics - Economy - Culture in the Google book search
19. ↑ Established in 1953 on the basis of an exchange of letters between the governments of the GDR and Finland. Commercial agency with dipl. Privileges, headed by representatives of the MfAA since 1956. Source: http://www.vip-ev.de/text552.htm
20. ↑ 1955 worked a "permanent office of the Leipziger Messe" in Paris, which from 1956 referred to itself as chamber representation. On May 7, 1970, the GDR opened a foreign trade center in Paris. Source: GDR foreign policy - an overview - data, facts, people (III), LIT VERLAG Dr. W. Hopf, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-643-10559-2
21. ^ March 26, 1974, Ambassadeur de la République Démocratique Allemande. Retrieved March 18, 2010.
22. ↑ Erich Wiedemann: Only the peeling machine runs smoothly . In: Der Spiegel . No. 10 , 1980 ( online - March 3, 1980 ).
23. ↑ Herbert Fischer in the Munzinger archive ( beginning of article freely accessible)
24. ↑ 1954 Establishment of a commercial agency in Bombay, which was relocated to New Delhi in 1956 and maintained regional agencies in Bombay and Calcutta. Consular functions since 1970.
25. ^ Obituary notice in Berliner Zeitung from 11/12. May 2013
26. ↑ ^{a b c} diplomats . In: Der Spiegel . No. 48 , 1993 ( online - Nov. 29, 1993 ).
27. ^ GDR-Japan. Pretty early . In: Der Spiegel . No. 21 , 1973 ( online - May 21, 1973 ).
28. ↑ Andreas Herbst:  Brie, Horst . In: Who was who in the GDR? 5th edition. Volume 1. Ch. Links, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-86153-561-4 .
29. ↑ After the coup against the head of state Sihanouk, the GDR ambassador was withdrawn in 1970. Charges ran the embassy until 1974, after which there was an administrator until 1975. After Phnom Penh was taken by the Khmer Rouge on April 17, 1975 , the GDR embassy, ​​like all other embassies, had to cease operations; GDR citizens, like all foreigners, were expelled from the country.
30. ↑ From August 15, 1983 based in Yaounde / Cameroon.
31. ↑ Manuel Meune, Heinz Birch, first and last GDR ambassador to Canada. (PDF; 575 kB)
32. ↑ Since it was not possible to set up an embassy in Pyongyang because of the Korean War, business was carried out by mutual agreement from the embassy in the People's Republic of China .
33. ↑ ABC (Spain) , 1990/09/03, el embajador de la RDA en Kuwait, Kurt Merkel, y su esposa fueron obligdos por tropas iraquies a abandonar el país y trasladarse a Baghdad, después de que fueran detenidos cuando se dirigían a la residencía del embajador de la RFA en el emirato.
34. ^ Association for International Politics and International Law V. Berlin. Retrieved March 22, 2010.
35. ↑ 1953 Conclusion of a trade agreement, the permission to set up the HV, which was then issued in 1954, was withdrawn under pressure from the FRG and the Western Allies, so that the HV could only be opened in 1955.
36. ^ Representative of the government of the GDR for economic and trade questions.
37. ↑ From 1980 to 1986 interests were represented by the GDR embassy in Switzerland . Source: GDR foreign policy - an overview - data, facts, people (III), LIT VERLAG Dr. W. Hopf, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-643-10559-2 , page 265
38. ^ Eleonora Schmid, Termination for operational reasons in the ministry. Retrieved March 22, 2010.
39. ↑ Economic and Trade Mission
40. ↑ Gerald Möckel, http://www.ag-friedensforschung.de/regionen/Nikaragua/25-jahre.html
41. ^ September 4, 1954 Agreement between the Chamber for Foreign Trade of the GDR and the Dutch Chamber of Foreign Trade on the exchange of goods. Source: GDR foreign policy - an overview - data, facts, people (III), LIT VERLAG Dr. W. Hopf, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-643-10559-2 , page 269
42. ^ The chamber representation was established in 1954. Source: GDR foreign policy - an overview - data, facts, people (III), LIT VERLAG Dr. W. Hopf, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-643-10559-2 , page 270
43. ↑ ^{a b c d} List of German ambassadors in Vienna on the website of the German embassy. ( Memento of the original from January 24, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved March 26, 2010. 
44. ↑ The trade mission was closed in 1971 by the government of Zambia. Source: GDR foreign policy - an overview - data, facts, people (III), LIT VERLAG Dr. W. Hopf, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-643-10559-2 , page 273
45. ^ GDR foreign policy - an overview - data, facts, people (III), LIT VERLAG Dr. W. Hopf, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-643-10559-2 , page 273
46. ↑ Erich Wetzl
47. ^ Günther Fritsch (diplomat) 1973–1974: Sierra Leone [1]
48. ↑ ABC (Spain) , 5 de Mayo de 1973, ENCARGADO DE NEGOCIOS DE LA REPÚBLICA DEMOCRÁTICA ALEMANA Se trata del señor Otto Pfeiffer, guien llegó acompañado de su esposa y de un agregado a dicha Embajada. For recibidos and cumplimentados
49. ^ Interruption of relations by the GDR from October 3, 1975 to April 4, 1977. Source: GDR foreign policy - an overview - data, facts, people (III), LIT VERLAG Dr. W. Hopf, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-643-10559-2 , page 275
50. ↑ ABC (Spain) , 15/12/1978, la ceremonia de presentación de cartas credenciales al Rey de los señores Ernst Walkowski, ...
51. ↑ The commercial agency established in 1961 was converted into a consulate general in February 1964 (agreement of April 22, 1964). Source: GDR foreign policy - an overview - data, facts, people (III), LIT VERLAG Dr. W. Hopf, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-643-10559-2 , page 275
52. ↑ Come to terms with things . In: Der Spiegel . No. 25 , 1971 ( online - June 14, 1971 ).
53. ↑ Accredited by the Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam, based in Laos. 1976 South Vietnam merges with the DRV. Source: GDR foreign policy - an overview - data, facts, people (III), LIT VERLAG Dr. W. Hopf, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-643-10559-2 , page 280
54. ^ El-Safara el-Almania . In: Der Spiegel . No. 48 , 1968 ( online - Nov. 25, 1968 ).
55. ↑ December 1st, 1982, http://www.ohmpps.go.th/download.php?di_key=T0051_0001&dc_key=BP2525025&di_sub=0&download=chap&file=T0051  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically saved as marked defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. His Excellency Mr. Klaus Maeser. Ambassador of the German Democratic Republic at the presentation of his credentials to His Majesty the King of Thailand  
56. ↑ from 1982 to 1989 the embassy was not manned. Source: GDR foreign policy - an overview - data, facts, people (III), LIT VERLAG Dr. W. Hopf, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-643-10559-2 , page 277
57. ↑ The seat of the representation of the Chamber for Foreign Trade of the GDR was Istanbul , as the Turkish government did not approve a move to Ankara until diplomatic recognition . Source: GDR foreign policy - an overview - data, facts, people (III), LIT VERLAG Dr. W. Hopf, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-643-10559-2 , page 278.
58. ↑ Ingrid Muth, Die DDR-Aussenpolitik 1949–1972: Contents, structures, mechanisms in the Google book search, p. 279
59. ^ 1978 October 2, In a ceremony in the Oval Office, the President received diplomatic credentials from Ambassadors ... Horst Grunert of the German Democratic Republic ...
60. ↑ In June 1957 negotiations began between the Chamber for Foreign Trade of the GDR and the British Federation of British Industries , on January 20, 1959 a trade agreement was signed. The chamber representation that was then opened initially had the status of a British company under the name “KfA ltd.”. In January 1971 the KV was taken over by the MfAA and has been managed by an employee of the MfAA since late 1971. Source: GDR foreign policy - an overview - data, facts, people (III), LIT VERLAG Dr. W. Hopf, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-643-10559-2 , pages 256/257
61. ^ The offer made by the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam) to establish diplomatic relations on February 3, 1950 was initially postponed by the GDR because of the Indochina War. Officially, February 3, 1950 was later considered the day of the establishment of diplomatic relations by both sides. Source: GDR foreign policy - an overview - data, facts, people (III), LIT VERLAG Dr. W. Hopf, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-643-10559-2 , page 280
62. ↑ Nothing for nothing . In: Der Spiegel . No. 36 , 1971 ( online - Aug. 30, 1971 ).
63. ↑ Suspension of diplomatic relations from August 13, 1971 to May 16, 1974, an agreement for second accreditations was not granted again. Source: GDR foreign policy - an overview - data, facts, people (III), LIT VERLAG Dr. W. Hopf, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-643-10559-2 , page 281