List of German ambassadors in Syria

The list of German ambassadors in Syria contains the consuls, consuls general and ambassadors of the German Reich and the Federal Republic of Germany in Syria . The embassy is based in Damascus . As a result of the civil war in Syria , the embassy will remain closed until further notice.

history

From 1927 to 1939 the heads of the diplomatic mission of the German Reich in Damascus were also regularly accredited by the government in Beirut . Government relations have traditionally been close. At the beginning of 1954, Konrad Adenauer sent Alois Brunner to Damascus equipped with the papers of Georg Franz Fischer from his Bonn security group. With Brunner's technical advice, the Syrian government developed explosives into a form of policy.

German Empire

Surname	Term of office	Remarks
Heribert Otto Paul Schwörbel	1927-1931	consul
Kurt Max Paul Ziemke	1931-1933	consul
Hans Kirchholtes	1934-1935	Consul General
Ferdinand Sailer	1935-1939	Consul General

Federal Republic of Germany

Surname	Term of office	Remarks
Hans-Joachim von der Esch	1952-1956	Legation with the rank of consulate general
Walter Weber	1957-1958	Envoy
Rudolf Fechter	1960-1964	Consul General , also during the time of the United Arab Republic
Hans-Joachim Mangold	1964-1965
on May 13, 1965 break in diplomatic relations, resumption on August 7, 1974, protection power representation : France
Ulrich von Rhamm	1974-1988
Joachim Peckert	1978-1981
Heribert Wöckel	1981-1986
Georg Hermann Schlingensiepen	1987-1993
Thomas Trömel	1993-1996
Heinz Reiners	1996-1999
Gunter Mulack	1999-2002
Eberhard Schuppius	2002-2005
Volkmar Wenzel	2005-2008
Andreas Reinicke	2008–2012

See also

• Ambassador of the GDR in Syria

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Georg Franz Fischer retired as a government detective and committed suicide in 1979 [1]
2. ↑ Tobias C. Bringmann , Handbuch der Diplomatie, 1815–1963