German Institute Taipei

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German Institute Taipei
Deutsches Institut Taipei
德國在台協會

Taipei 101, in which the German Institute Taipei is located.
Founded	2000
Type	Overseas representative office[1]
Location	33rd floor, Taipei 101, Xinyi District, Taipei[2]
Area served	Republic of China (Taiwan)
Director General	Jörg Polster [de]
Website	German Institute Taipei

The German Institute Taipei (German: Deutsches Institut Taipei); (Chinese: 德國在台協會; pinyin: Déguó Zài Tái Xiéhuì; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tek-kok chāi Tâi Hia̍p-hōe) is the overseas representative office of Germany in Taiwan, which promotes the non-diplomatic German-Taiwanese relations^[3] and looks after German interests there.^[4]

Tasks of the institution includes the increasing of bilateral cooperation (especially in the field of culture and economy),^[3] dealing with consular affairs like Visa or passport, providing a variety of services for German citizens in Taiwan^[5] and German-related information to Taiwanese people.^[1] In some instances, it maintains contacts with Taiwanese government on behalf of the Federal Republic of Germany, acting as a de facto embassy.^[6] Institute affairs are led by a Director General (German: Generaldirektor), who acts as the German representative to Taiwan.^[7]

Its counterpart in Germany is the Taipei Representative Office in the Federal Republic of Germany in Berlin.^[8]

List of directors general

No.	Photo	Name	Tenure
01		Klaus Rupprecht [de]	2000 – 2002[9]
02		Ulrich Dreesen [de]	2002 – 2005[9]
03		Detlef Boldt	2005 – 2008[9]
04		Birgitt Ory	2008 – 2011[9]
05		Michael Zickerick	2011 – 2014[9]
06		Martin Eberts	2014 – 2018[9]
07		Thomas Prinz	2018 –2021[10][11]
08		Jörg Polster [de]	2021 –

List of deputy directors general

No.	Photo	Name	Tenure
		Jörg Polster	2000s[11]
		Helmut Lüders	2003-2006[12]
		Pit Köhler	?-2010[13]
		Mirko Kruppa	2010-2014[13]
		Sabrina Schmidt-Koschella	2014-2020[14]
		Dagmar Traub-Evans	2020-

See also

• Germany portal
• Politics portal
• Taiwan portal

• Germany-Taiwan relations
• Foreign policy of Germany
• Foreign relations of Germany
• Foreign relations of Taiwan
• List of diplomatic missions of Germany
• List of diplomatic missions in Taiwan

References

1. "德國在台協會首頁" (in Chinese). 德國在台協會. Archived from the original on 2015-03-25. Retrieved 2015-03-13.
2. "德國在台協會之位置". 德國在台協會. Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2015-03-13.(in Chinese)
3. "Das Deutsche Institut Taipei" (in German). Deutsches Institut Taipei. Archived from the original on 2015-02-19. Retrieved 2015-03-13.
4. "Taiwan". Federal Foreign Office, Germany. Retrieved 2015-03-13.
5. "領事曁公民服務" (in Chinese). 德國在台協會. Archived from the original on 2015-02-25. Retrieved 2015-03-13.
6. 蔡玉芳 (2004-04-30). "德國在台協會副處長Herr Helmut Lüders與德外交部Frau Groneick蒞臨文大參觀" (in Chinese). 華夏導報. Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2015-03-13.
7. 中華民國八十九年外交年鑑 (in Chinese). 台北: 外交部外交年鑑編輯委員會. 2001. p. 頁726. ISBN 957-02-8186-3.
8. "Taipeh Vertretung in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland". Archived from the original on 2016-08-20. Retrieved 2016-03-10.
9. "Anerkennung für verdienstvollen Repräsentanten" (in German). Taiwan heute. 2014-07-01. Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2015-03-13.
10. "Director General Dr. Thomas Prinz". German Institute Taipei. Archived from the original on August 2, 2018. Retrieved August 2, 2018.
11. Chung, Yu-chen; Lim, Emerson (11 July 2021). "INTERVIEW/Germany strives for balancing act in relations with Taiwan, China: envoy". Focus Taiwan. Central News Agency. Archived from the original on 11 July 2021. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
12. "Lebenslauf von Generalkonsul Helmut Lüders". Consulate General of Germany, Guangzhou. Archived from the original on 2016-03-31. Retrieved 2015-12-06.
13. WOCHENBLATT (PDF), vol. 24, German School Taipei, 2010, p. 6, archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-07-16, retrieved 2021-07-16
14. "Speaker's curriculum vitae" (PDF). Taiwan Institute of Economic Research (TIER). 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-11-26. Retrieved 2020-02-25.

External links

• Official website (in English
• German Institute Taipei at the Wayback Machine (archive index) (in English)