List of German ambassadors in Saudi Arabia

The list of German ambassadors in Saudi Arabia contains the ambassadors of the Federal Republic of Germany in Saudi Arabia . The embassy is based in Riyadh .

Diplomatic relations with Saudi Arabia already existed at the time of the German Reich . In January 1939 Fritz Grobba became the first German envoy to Jeddah .

Surname	Term of office	Remarks
Oswald Freiherr von Richthofen	1955-1963	Head of the Legation until June 9, 1959
Wilhelm head	1963-1965	Agrément of October 24, 1963; Breakdown of diplomatic but not consular relations on May 13, 1965
The protective power of the Federal Republic in Saudi Arabia from 1965 to 1974 was Italy , while in the same period Saudi Arabia's interests in the Federal Republic were represented by Pakistan .
Norbert Montfort	1974-1976
Reinhard Schlagintweit	1976-1979
Alfred Vestring	1979-1981
Hans von Stein	1981-1984
Walter Georg Nowak	1985-1989
Wolfgang Bente	1990-1992
Rudolf Rapke	1993-1999
Harald Kindermann	1999-2003
Gerhard Enver Schrömbgens	2003-2006
Jürgen Krieghoff	2006-2008
Volkmar Wenzel	2008-2011
Dieter W. Haller	2011-2014
Boris Ruge	2014-2016
Dieter W. Haller	2016-2018
Jörg Ranau	since 2018

Web links

• Website of the German Embassy Riyadh