List of German ambassadors in South Korea

The list of German ambassadors in South Korea contains the consuls, consuls general and ambassadors of the German Reich and the Federal Republic of Germany in South Korea . The embassy is based in Seoul .

German Empire

Surname	Term of office	Remarks
Otto Zembsch	1884-1885	Consul General
Hermann Budler	1885-1886	Acting Consul General
Peter Kempermann	1886-1887	Consul General
Ferdinand Krien	1887-1898	consul
Ludwig Wilhelm Felix Reinsdorf	1898-1900	consul
Heinrich Weipert	1900-1903	consul
Conrad von Saldern	1903-1905	Prime Minister
Gottfried Ney	1905-1906	Prime Minister / Consul General on June 6, 1907 Handover of official business
Friedrich Kruger	1906-1914	Consul General

Federal Republic of Germany

Surname	Term of office	Remarks
Richard Hertz	1956-1960	Consul General from October 1956, Ambassador September 1957 to August 1960
Karl Bünger	1960-1964
Franz Ferring	1964-1969
Wilfried Sarrazin	1969-1975
Karl Leuteritz	1975-1980
Wolfgang Eger	1980-1985
Jürgen Kleiner	1985-1992
Hans-Dieter Siemes	1992-1995
Claus Vollers	1995-2000
Hubertus von Morr	2000-2003
Michael Ernst Anton Geier	2003-2006
Norbert Baas	2006-2009
Hans-Ulrich Seidt	2009–2012
Rolf Mafael	2012-2016
Stephan Auer	2016-2020
Michael Reiffenstuel	since 2020	designated ambassador (August 2020)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Hans-Alexander Kneider: Globetrotter, Adventure, Gold Digger. On the German trail in ancient Korea. Iudicium-Verlag, Munich 2009. ISBN 978-3-89129-565-6

Web links

• Website of the German Embassy in Seoul