List of German ambassadors in Yemen

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The list of German ambassadors in Yemen contains all the ambassadors of Germany and the German Democratic Republic in Yemen . Due to the security situation in the Republic of Yemen, the German embassy has been closed until further notice since 2015 and works from the German embassy in Amman .

Federal Republic of Germany

North Yemen and Yemen (until 1962 Kingdom of Yemen, 1962 to 1990 Yemeni Arab Republic, since 1990 Republic of Yemen)

Surname	Term of office
Willi Georg Steffen	1960-1964
Hans Alfred Steger	1964-1965
Heinrich Friedrich Landau	1965-1969
Alfred Vestring	1969-1971
Günter Held	1972-1976
Wolf-Dietrich Schilling	1979-1983
Peter Metzger	1983-1986
Heinz Reiners	1986-1990
Kurt Messer	1990-1994
Helga von Strachwitz	1994-1999
Werner Zimprich	1999-2003
Frank Marcus Mann	2003-2007
Michael Klor-Berchtold	2007-2011
Holger Green	2011-2013
Carola Müller-Holtkemper	2013-2014
Walter Hassmann	2014-2015
Andreas Kindl	2015-2017
Hansjörg Haber	2017-2018
Carola Müller-Holtkemper	since 2018

South Yemen (1967 to 1970 People's Republic of South Yemen, 1970 to 1990 People's Democratic Republic of Yemen)

Surname	Term of office	Remarks
Alfons Böcker	1967-1969	Ambassador (previously Consul 1st class in Aden since 1966)

As a consequence of the Hallstein Doctrine , the embassy in Aden was closed in 1969 on the proposal of Foreign Minister Willy Brandt and a decision of the Federal Cabinet.

German Democratic Republic

Northern Yemen (until 1962 Kingdom of Yemen, 1962 to 1990 Yemeni Arab Republic)

The Consulate General in the Yemeni Arab Republic was converted into an embassy in late 1972.

Surname	Term of office	Remarks
Hans Held	1958–1962	Consul, Lt. d. Commercial agency
Hans-Joachim Friedrich	1962-1964	Consul General, Lt. d. Consulate General
Hans-Jürgen Weitz	1964-1966	Consul General from Cairo / Egypt
Klaus Goldenbaum	1966-1969	Consul General, Lt. d. Consulate General
Günther Doberenz	1969-1972	Consul General, Lt. d. Consulate General
Heinz Bürgel	1973-1975	ambassador
Lothar acorn herb	1975-1988	ambassador
Walter Issleib	1978-1980	ambassador
Werner Kempe	1980-1983	ambassador
Lothar acorn herb	1983-1987	ambassador
Walter Schmidt	1987-1990	ambassador

South Yemen (1967 to 1970 People's Republic of South Yemen, 1970 to 1990 People's Democratic Republic of Yemen)

Surname	Term of office	Remarks
Karl Wildau	1968-1969	Consul General, Lt. d. Consulate General
Karl Wildau	1969-1972	ambassador
Günther Scharfenberg	1972-1988	ambassador
Ernst-Peter Rabenhorst	1978-1981	ambassador
Reiner Neumann	1981-1986	ambassador
Freimut Seidel	1986-1989	ambassador
Werner Sittig	1989-1990	ambassador

Individual evidence

1. ^ Sanaa: Germany closes embassy in Yemen . In: The time . February 13, 2015, ISSN  0044-2070 ( zeit.de [accessed October 13, 2017]).
2. ↑ At the same time, I was accredited as an ambassador in Djibouti
3. ^ The Cabinet Protocols of the Federal Government, Volume 22, 1969, page 301

Web link

• German Embassy Sanaa