List of Japanese ministers, envoys and ambassadors to Germany
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The List of Japanese ministers, envoys and ambassadors to Germany started when Sameshima Naonobu presented his credentials to the German government in 1870.
List
[edit]This is a chronological list of Japanese diplomats.[1][2]
Inaugural date | Official position (Japanese) | Official position | Name (Japanese) | Name |
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October 3, 1870 | 少弁務使 | Chargé d'affaires | 鮫島 尚信 | Sameshima Naonobu |
May 3, 1872 | 中弁務使 | Minister resident | 鮫島 尚信 | Sameshima Naonobu |
October 14, 1872 | 弁理公使 | Minister resident | 鮫島 尚信 | Sameshima Naonobu |
November 22, 1873 | 特命全権公使 | Minister Plenipotentiary | 鮫島 尚信 | Sameshima Naonobu |
August 17, 1874 | 代理公使 | Chargé d'affaires | 青木 周蔵 | Aoki Shūzō |
September 3, 1874 | 特命全権公使 | Minister Plenipotentiary | 青木 周蔵 | Aoki Shūzō |
August 24, 1879 | 臨時代理公使 | Chargé d'affaires ad interim | 三宮 義胤 | Sannomiya Yoshitane |
May 22, 1880 | 特命全権公使 | Minister Plenipotentiary | 青木 周蔵 | Aoki Shūzō |
December 9, 1885 | 臨時代理公使 | Chargé d'affaires ad interim | 小松原 英太郎 | Komatsubara Eitarō |
March 13, 1886 | 特命全権公使 | Minister Plenipotentiary | 品川 弥二郎 | Shinagawa Yajirō |
December 27, 1886 | 臨時代理公使 | Chargé d'affaires ad interim | 井上 勝之助 | Inoue Katsunosuke |
June 4, 1887 | 特命全権公使 | Minister Plenipotentiary | 西園寺 公望 | Saionji Kinmochi |
July 5, 1891 | 臨時代理公使 | Chargé d'affaires ad interim | 井上 勝之助 | Inoue Katsunosuke |
January 27, 1892 | 特命全権公使 | Minister Plenipotentiary | 青木 周蔵 | Aoki Shūzō |
July 23, 1897 | 臨時代理公使 | Chargé d'affaires ad interim | 宮岡 恒次郎 | Miyaoka Kōjirō |
May 19, 1898 | 特命全権公使 | Minister Plenipotentiary | 井上 勝之助 | Inoue Katsunosuke |
January 7, 1906 | 特命全権大使 | Ambassador | 井上 勝之助 | Inoue Katsunosuke |
September 16, 1907 | 臨時代理大使 | Chargé d'affaires ad interim | 日置 益 | Hioki Eki |
August 1, 1908 | 臨時代理大使 | Chargé d'affaires ad interim | 船越 光之丞 | Funakoshi Mitsunojō |
October 5, 1908 | 特命全権大使 | Ambassador | 珍田 捨巳 | Chinda Sutemi |
November 22, 1911 | 臨時代理大使 | Chargé d'affaires ad interim | 畑 良太郎 | Hata Ryōtarō |
December 18, 1911 | 特命全権大使 | Ambassador | 杉村 虎一 | Sugimura Kōichi |
August 22, 1914 | 臨時代理大使 | Chargé d'affaires ad interim | 船越 光之丞 | Funakoshi Mitsunojō |
August 24, 1914 | First World War | |||
March 21, 1920 | 臨時代理大使 | Chargé d'affaires ad interim | 出淵 勝次 | Debuchi Katsuji |
January 7, 1921 | 特命全権大使 | Ambassador | 日置 益 | Hioki Eki |
August 20, 1923 | 臨時代理大使 | Chargé d'affaires ad interim | 大野 守衛 | Ōno Morie |
February 6, 1924 | 特命全権大使 | Ambassador | 本多 熊太郎 | Honda Kumatarō |
September 21, 1925 | 臨時代理大使 | Chargé d'affaires ad interim | 伊藤 述史 | Itō Nobumi |
August 25, 1926 | 特命全権大使 | Ambassador | 長岡 春一 | Nagaoka Harukazu |
May 6, 1930 | 臨時代理大使 | Chargé d'affaires ad interim | 東郷 茂徳 | Tōgō Shigenori |
April 6, 1931 | 特命全権大使 | Ambassador | 小幡 酉吉 | Obata Yūkichi |
January 16, 1932 | 臨時代理大使 | Chargé d'affaires ad interim | 七田 基玄 | Shichida Motoharu |
November 19, 1932 | 臨時代理大使 | Chargé d'affaires ad interim | 東郷 茂徳 | Tōgō Shigenori |
November 22, 1932 | 臨時代理大使 | Chargé d'affaires ad interim | 藤井 啓之助 | Fujii Keinosuke |
April 3, 1933 | 特命全権大使 | Ambassador | 永井 松三 | Nagai Matsuzō |
October 15, 1934 | 臨時代理大使 | Chargé d'affaires ad interim | 杉下 裕次郎 | Sugishita Yūjirō |
December 28, 1934 | 特命全権大使 | Ambassador | 武者小路 公共 | Mushakōji Kintomo |
July 3, 1935 | 臨時代理大使 | Chargé d'affaires ad interim | 井上 庚二郎 | Inoue Kōjirō |
April 3, 1936 | 特命全権大使 | Ambassador | 武者小路 公共 | Mushakōji Kintomo |
December 12, 1937 | 臨時代理大使 | Chargé d'affaires ad interim | 柳井 恒夫 | Yanai Hisao |
December 24, 1937 | 特命全権大使 | Ambassador | 東郷 茂徳 | Tōgō Shigenori |
October 29, 1938 | 特命全権大使 | Ambassador | 大島 浩 | Ōshima Hiroshi |
October 29, 1939 | 臨時代理大使 | Chargé d'affaires ad interim | 宇佐美 珍彦 | Usami Uzuhiko |
December 4, 1939 | 特命全権大使 | Ambassador | 来栖 三郎 | Kurusu Saburō |
February 17, 1941 | 特命全権大使 | Ambassador | 大島 浩 | Ōshima Hiroshi |
May 8, 1945 | Surrender and end of the Third Reich. 1945-1952 no diplomatic relations | |||
March 15, 1952 | 在ボン在外事務所長 | Direktor des Auslandsbüros in Bonn | 寺岡 洪平 | Teraoka Kōhei |
December 6, 1953 | 臨時代理大使 | Chargé d'affaires ad interim | 曾野 明 | Sono Akira |
January 8, 1954 | 特命全権大使 | Ambassador | 加瀬 俊一 | Kase Shunichi |
June 6, 1956 | 臨時代理大使 | Chargé d'affaires ad interim | 曾野 明 | Sono Akira |
November 27, 1956 | 特命全権大使 | Ambassador | 大野 勝巳 | Ōno Katsumi |
January 9, 1957 | 臨時代理大使 | Chargé d'affaires ad interim | 曾野 明 | Sono Akira |
April 8, 1957 | 特命全権大使 | Ambassador | 武内 龍次 | Takeuchi Ryūji |
December 19, 1960 | 臨時代理大使 | Chargé d'affaires ad interim | 竹内 春海 | Takeuchi Harumi |
April 13, 1961 | 特命全権大使 | Ambassador | 成田 勝四郎 | Narita Katsushirō |
April 11, 1965 | 臨時代理大使 | Chargé d'affaires ad interim | 兼松 武 | Kanematsu Takeshi |
May 20, 1965 | 特命全権大使 | Ambassador | 内田 藤雄 | Uchida Fujio |
January 10, 1970 | 臨時代理大使 | Chargé d'affaires ad interim | 吉岡 一郎 | Yoshioka Ichirō |
March 11, 1970 | 特命全権大使 | Ambassador | 甲斐 文比古 | Kai Fumihiko |
October 10, 1972 | 臨時代理大使 | Chargé d'affaires ad interim | 加藤 千幸 | Katō Chisachi |
October 27, 1972 | 特命全権大使 | Ambassador | 曾野 明 | Sono Akira |
September 5, 1975 | 臨時代理大使 | Chargé d'affaires ad interim | 宮沢 泰 | Miyazawa Yasushi |
October 21, 1975 | 特命全権大使 | Ambassador | 上田 常光 | Ueda Tsuneaki |
December 4, 1977 | 臨時代理大使 | Chargé d'affaires ad interim | 茂木 良三 | Moteki Ryōzō |
February 1, 1978 | 特命全権大使 | Ambassador | 吉野 文六 | Yoshino Bunroku |
March 28, 1982 | 臨時代理大使 | Chargé d'affaires ad interim | 山下 新太郎 | Yamashita Shintarō |
March 30, 1982 | 特命全権大使 | Ambassador | 宮崎 弘道 | Miyazaki Hiromichi |
January 8, 1986 | 臨時代理大使 | Chargé d'affaires ad interim | 中村 昭一 | Nakamura Shōichi |
January 15, 1986 | 特命全権大使 | Ambassador | 宮沢 泰 | Miyazawa Yasushi |
March 31, 1989 | 臨時代理大使 | Chargé d'affaires ad interim | 高島 有終 | Takashima Yūshū |
April 8, 1989 | 特命全権大使 | Ambassador | 木村 敬三 | Kimura Keizō |
In 2013, the head of the Japanese embassy in Berlin is Nakane Takeshi.[3]
See also
[edit]- List of German ministers, envoys and ambassadors to Japan
- Japanese people in Germany
- Germany–Japan relations
- Diplomatic rank
References
[edit]- ^ Nihon Gaikoshi Jiten, appendix (1979). pp. 364-365.
- ^ Nihon Gaikoshi Jiten, appendix (1992). pp. 77-78, 123.
- ^ MOFA, 在外公館長名簿 (Diplomatic missions roster); retrieved 2013-5-9.
Further reading
[edit]- Nihon Kingendaishi Jiten, "Dictionary of Modern and Present Japanese History" (Tōyō Keizai Shinpōsha, 1978)
- Nihon Gaikoshi Jiten, "Dictionary of Japanese Diplomatic History" (Tokyo: Okurasho Inseikyoku, 1979)
- Nihon Gaikoshi Jiten, "Dictionary of Japanese Diplomatic History" (Tokyo: Yamakawa Shuppansha, 1992)
- Website of the German embassy in Japan
- Website of the Japanese embassy in Germany