List of the German ambassadors in Ghana
The Federal Republic of Germany established a diplomatic mission in Ghana before it gained official independence. This was opened on May 28, 1956 as a consulate in Accra . On June 26, 1957, three months after the former British crown colony, the Gold Coast, gained independence, the consulate was upgraded to an embassy. It is still located in the capital Accra to this day.
The GDR only established official diplomatic relations with Ghana on December 13, 1972. One of the decisive factors for this was the Hallstein Doctrine of the Federal Republic of Germany. But the GDR had already had a trade agency since 1959, and later an economic and trade mission in Accra. From 1973 a GDR ambassador to Ghana was officially accredited.
Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany in Accra
| Surname | Term of office |
|---|---|
| Hermann Saam | 1957-1958 |
| Carl Stein | 1958-1961 |
| Carl-Heinz Lüders | 1961-1963 |
| Walter Reichhold | 1963-1964 |
| Hans-Georg Steltzer | 1964-1968 |
| Helmut Müller | 1968-1974 |
| Karl Günther Motz | 1974-1976 |
| Herbert Weil | about 1978-1979 |
| Gottfried Fischer | 1981-1987 |
| Burghart Nagel | 1988-1992 |
| Hans-Joachim Heldt | 1992-1996 |
| Christian Nakonz | 1997-2001 |
| Peter Linder | 2003-2007 |
| Marius Haas | 2007-2010 |
| Eberhard Schanze | 2010–2012 |
| Renate Schimkoreit | 2012-2013 |
| Rudiger John | 2014-2016 |
| Christoph Retzlaff | since 2016 |
Ambassador of the GDR in Accra
| Surname | Term of office | Remarks |
|---|---|---|
| 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) | 1971-1973 | Legation Councilor, Lt. d. Trade mission |
| Johannes Vogel (* 1928) | 1973-1975 | ambassador |
| Werner Schedlich (* 1928) | 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 |
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hans-Georg Steltzer in the Munzinger archive ( beginning of article freely available)
- ↑ Helmut Müller in the Munzinger archive ( beginning of article freely available)
- ↑ bonner-aufruf.eu
- ↑ afrikaverein.de ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
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- Tobias C. Bringmann , Handbuch der Diplomatie 1815-1965 , 1st edition 2001, ISBN 9783598114311
- Foreign Office, 40 Years of Foreign Policy in the FRG Documentation , 1989, ISBN 3879593795
- Siegfried Bock, Ingrid Muth, Hermann Schwiesau, GDR foreign policy: An overview. Dates, facts, people , 1st edition 2010, ISBN 9783643105592
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