Philippine Embassy in Berlin
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| State level | bilateral | ||
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Embassy |
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| Supervisory authority (s) |
Foreign Ministry |
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| Consist | since 1954 | ||
| Headquarters |
 Berlin , Luisenstrasse 16 |
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| ambassador | Maria Theresa Dizon-de Vega (since June 11, 2019) |
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| Website | philippine-embassy.de | ||
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The Embassy of the Philippines is the diplomatic representation of the Republic of the Philippines in the Federal Republic of Germany with its seat at Luisenstrasse 16 in Berlin . The representation has existed since 1954 and was initially located in the then federal capital Bonn . In the GDR there was an embassy in East Berlin between 1974 and 1990 .
history
On October 8, 1954, the Philippines and the Federal Republic of Germany established diplomatic relations. In the 1980s, the embassy was located at Maximilanstrasse 28b in Bonn . There the future ambassador Delia Domingo-Albert was the ambassador's deputy between 1984 and 1990.
On December 21, 1973, the Philippines and the GDR agreed to establish diplomatic relations and set up embassies in their respective capitals. The headquarters of the embassy was the then East Berlin Otto-Grotewohl-Strasse 3a (since 1993: Wilhelmstrasse 66). Until the end of the GDR, the embassies of Afghanistan , Greece , Pakistan , Portugal , Sweden , Zimbabwe and Zaire were located in the same building .
After German reunification and the capital decision , the Philippine Embassy operated a branch in the Uhlandstraße 97 in Berlin-Wilmersdorf , a founder time -Wohnhaus with former eleven apartments.
The former embassy building in Bonn served for some time as a branch office of the embassy, the head there in 2008 was Thomas Q. Auxilian. The facility in Bonn was given up for reasons of rationalization.
In November 2015, the embassy first moved into its capital city on Kurfürstendamm 194 in Berlin. In January 2019, the company moved to the Mitte district at Luisenstrasse 16.
Embassy building in Mitte
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The plot at Charitéstrasse 7 with an area of around 400 square meters had been vacant since the end of the Second World War. With the construction of the embassy building, it was given the address Luisenstrasse 16. The seven-story building was built in 2017-2018 and inaugurated on February 18, 2019. It was created according to plans by the Berlin architect Florian Hoyer , the construction was carried out by the Zielconcept Group. The construction costs amounted to eleven million euros .
The building offers 1400 square meters of floor space . The top floor is a conference floor, the ground floor was connected to the basement and forms a large reception and event hall, the Bulwagan Pilipino . Because of its location on a sloping street corner, there are hardly any right angles in the house, while the courtyard is loosely designed with open spaces.
Working method, organization
The Philippine diplomats in Berlin coordinate the political, economic, scientific and cultural relations between the Philippines and Germany. The embassy also organizes its own events, for example concerts with Filipino and German artists or a Christmas party with Filipinos living in Germany (in Berlin there were 847 people in 2007, 22,107 Filipino citizens throughout Germany in the same year) Filipino religious communities in Germany (in 2008 there were a total of 6) and looks after former scholarship holders who contribute to the growth of mutual relations after their stay in Germany in their home country. The embassy staff also help German tourists with the planning and implementation of trips to the island state.
The Philippines maintain a consulate general in Frankfurt am Main as well as honorary consulates in Essen , Pullach and Stuttgart . They are subordinate to the embassy in Berlin and act on their behalf, especially in matters relating to citizens from the Philippines.
The embassy staff consists of around 25 people.
ambassador
- 2002-2005: Minerva Jean Falcon
- December 2005 to September 30th 2010: Delia Domingo-Albert
- September 2011 to 2015: Maria Cleofe Rayos Natividad
- March 2015 to May 2019: Melita S. Sta. Maria-Thomeczek, thanks in particular to her activities, we owe the new embassy building
- since June 11, 2019: Maria Theresa Dizon-de Vega
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Accreditation of ambassadors. bundespraesident.de, June 11, 2019
- ↑ a b Philippines: Overview. on www.auswaertiges-amt.de
- ^ Rhineland Nature Park, Embassy of the Philippines. rheinland.info; accessed on November 22, 2019.
- ^ Diplomatic missions . In: Telephone book for the capital of the GDR , 1989, p. 100.
- ↑ Overview of foreign embassies in the Berlin district of Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf , as of 2015; Retrieved November 20, 2019.
- ↑ Uhlandstrasse 97 . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1920, V, Wilmersdorf, p. 542.
- ^ Philippines Participates in Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity. May 15, 2008, accessed November 21, 2019 .
- ↑ We're moving! 2016, accessed November 21, 2019 .
- ↑ Embassy of the Philippines in Berlin from January 2019 with a new address. on www.philippinenforum.net
- ^ Secretary Locsin unveils new embassy building in Berlin. on philippine-embassy.de
- ^ Philippines marks 65th year of German ties with new model embassy. on www.rappler.com
- ↑ Philippines: Topping-out ceremony for the new embassy. www.business-diplomay.de, 2018, accessed on November 29, 2019 .
- ^ Homepage of the architects Hoyer for the new construction of the Philippine embassy with visualization of various components. Retrieved November 29, 2019 .
- ↑ Comment: Due to the new allocation of the house number for the embassy, the monument from the end of the 19th century , which was originally a hotel, was given the changed address at Karlplatz 7 instead of Luisenstraße 16.
- ↑ a b Philippine Embassy Berlin Honors OFWs Working in Diplomatic Missions in Berlin (English), accessed on November 21, 2019.
- ↑ Federal Foreign Office with details on bilateral relations , accessed on November 20, 2019.
- ↑ Information from the Federal Foreign Office on consulates in the Philippines , accessed on November 20, 2019.
- ↑ The Embassy Team on philippine-embassy.de.
- ↑ Accreditation of ambassadors. bundespraesident.de, September 2, 2011
- ↑ Accreditation of ambassadors. bundespraesident.de, March 4, 2015
- ^ Ambassador of the Philippines in Berlin. botschafter-berlin.de; accessed on November 20, 2019.
Coordinates: 52 ° 31 '19.9 " N , 13 ° 22' 45.8" E