List of ambassadors of Germany to Afghanistan explained

The following is a partial list of German ambassadors to Afghanistan.

Unified Germany (1870–1945)

• Werner Otto von Hentig, 1916–1917 (legation leader)
• Fritz Grobba, from 1923 to 1926
• , 1926–1929
• , 1929
• , 1931–1933
• Kurt Max Paul Ziemke, 1933–1936
• , 1937–1945

East Germany (1945–1990)

The German Democratic Republic first sent an ambassador to Kabul 17 January 1973. The German Democratic ceased to exist in 1990, however.

• , 1973–1976
• , 1976–1978
• , 1979–1981
• Kurt Krüger, 1982–1986^[1]
• , 1986–1989
• Horst Lindner, 1989–1990

West Germany (1945–1990)

• , 1954–1956
• , 1957–1959
• , 1959–1963
• , 1963–1969
• , 1969–1973
• Franz Josef Hoffmann, 1973–1979
• Karl-Heinrich Berninger, 1979–1982^[2]

Unified Germany (1990–2021)

• , 2001–2004
• , 2004–2006
• , 2006–2008
• , 2008–2010
• Rüdiger König, 2010–2013
• , 2013–2014
• , 2014–2016
• , 2016–2018
• , 2018–2020
• , 2020–2021

Notes and References

1. Web site: Krüger, Kurt Hermann Ernst Paul * 17.9.1925, † 21.10.2006 Botschafter. Bernd-Rainer Barth. Bundesstiftung zur Aufarbeitung der SED-Diktatur: Biographische Datenbanken . 21 December 2014.
2. Karl-Heinrich Berninger