# List of ambassadors of Germany to Italy

This is an incomplete list of ambassadors from Germany to Italy.

## History

The below lists contain the highest-ranking representatives of the North German Confederation (1866–1871), the German Empire (1871–1945) and the Federal Republic of Germany (since 1951) in the Kingdom of Italy (1861–1946) and the Italian Republic (since 1946). The capital of Italy and the official headquarters of the German embassy were Turin (1861–1865), Florence (1865–1870) and Rome (since 1870). The German ambassador in Rome has also been accredited for the Republic of San Marino since 1995.

## Ambassadors

| Name | Term Start | Term End | Notes |
| North German Confederation |||||
| Guido von Usedom | 1868 | 1869 | |
| Brassier de Saint-Simon-Vallade | 1869 | 1872 | |
| / / German Empire |||||
| Robert von Keudell | 1873 | 1887 | |
| Eberhard zu Solms-Sonnenwalde | 1887 | 1893 | |
| Bernhard von Bülow | 1893 | 1897 | |
| Anton Saurma von der Jeltsch | 1897 | 1899 | |
| Karl von Wedel | 1899 | 1902 | |
| Anton von Monts de Mazin | 1903 | 1909 | |
| Gottlieb von Jagow | 1909 | 1913 | |
| Hans von Flotow | 1913 | 1915 | |
| John von Berenberg-Gossler | 1920 | 1921 | |
| Konstantin von Neurath | 1921 | 1930 | |
| Karl von Schubert | 1930 | 1932 | |
| Ulrich von Hassell | 1932 | 1938 | |
| Hans Georg von Mackensen | 1938 | 1943 | |
| Otto Christian Archibald von Bismarck | August 1942 | August 1943 | chargé d'affaires |
| Rudolf Rahn | 1943 | 1945 | General representative in Salò |
| Federal Republic of Germany |||||
| Clemens von Brentano | 1951 | 1957 | |
| Manfred Klaiber | 1957 | 1963 | |
| Herbert Blankenhorn | 1963 | 1965 | |
| Hans-Heinrich Herwarth von Bittenfeld | 1965 | 1969 | |
| Rolf Lahr | 1969 | 1973 | |
| Hermann Meyer-Lindenberg | 1974 | 1977 | |
| Hans Arnold | 1977 | 1981 | |
| Rüdiger von Wechmar | 1981 | 1983 | |
| Lothar Lahn | 1983 | 1986 | |
| Friedrich Ruth | 1986 | 1992 | |
| Konrad Seitz | 1992 | 1994 | |
| Dieter Kastrup | 1994 | 1998 | |
| Fritjof von Nordenskjöld | 1998 | 2000 | |
| Klaus Neubert | 2001 | 2004 | |
| Michael H. Gerdts | 2004 | 2007 | |
| Michael Steiner | 2007 | 2010 | |
| Michael H. Gerdts | 2010 | 2012 | |
| Reinhard Schäfers | 2012 | 2015 | |
| Susanne Wasum-Rainer | 2015 | 2018 | |
| Viktor Elbling | 2018 | 2023 | |
| Hans-Dieter Lucas | 2023 | Present | |

## Envoys from the German States (before 1871)
### Bavarian envoys

| Name | Term Start | Term End |
| 1865: Establishment of diplomatic relations |||||
| Ferdinand von Hompesch-Bollheim | 1865 | 1868 |
| Ludwig von Paumgarten-Frauenstein | 1868 | 1870 |
| Wilhelm von Dönniges | 1870 | 1872 |
| Alfred Ludwig von Bibra | 1872 | 1880 |
| Rudolf von Tautphoeus | 1880 | 1885 |
| Karl Moy de Sons | 1886 | 1887 |
| Clemens von Podewils-Dürniz | 1887 | 1896 |
| Heinrich Tucher von Simmelsdorf | 1896 | 1903 |
| Rudolf von und zu Tann-Rathsamhausen | 1903 | 1915 |
| 1915: Breaking off diplomatic relations |||||
| 1919: Dissolution of the embassy |||||

### Prussian envoys
#### Envoy to Savoy-Piedmont (until 1720)

| Name | Term Start |
| 16??: Establishment of diplomatic relations |||||
| Gottfried von Jena | c. 1665 |
| François de Langes | c. 1703 |

#### Envoy to Sardinia-Piedmont (1720–1862)

| Name | Term Start | Term End | Notes |
| Johann Friedrich von Cocceji | c. 1759 | | |
| Friedrich von Waldburg-Truchsess | 1816 | 1827 | |
| Friedrich von Martens | 1827 | 1829 | |
| Bogislaw von Maltzahn | 1829 | 1830 | Resident in Vienna |
| August Schoultz von Ascheraden | 1830 | 1832 | |
| Friedrich Ludwig III von Truchsess zu Waldburg | 1832 | 1844 | |
| Heinrich Alexander von Redern | 1845 | 1848 | |
| Georg von Werthern | 1848 | 1850 | |
| Heinrich Alexander von Redern | 1850 | 1854 | |
| Joseph Maria Anton Brassier de Saint-Simon-Vallade | 1854 | 1862 | |
| 1862: Recognition of the Kingdom of Italy by Prussia |||||