Konrad Hermann Joseph Adenauer was a German statesman who served as the first chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany from 1949 to 1963. From 1946 to 1966,he was the first leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU),a new founded Christian-democratic party,which became the dominant force in the country under his leadership.
Wolfgang Friedrich Ischinger is a German diplomat who served as chairman of the Munich Security Conference from 2008 to 2022.
Walter Hallstein was a German academic,diplomat and statesman who was the first president of the Commission of the European Economic Community and one of the founding fathers of the European Union.
The Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany is the only federal decoration of Germany. It is awarded for special achievements in political,economic,cultural,intellectual or honorary fields. It was created by the first President of the Federal Republic of Germany,Theodor Heuss,on 7 September 1951. Colloquially,the decorations of the different classes of the Order are also known as the Federal Cross of Merit.
JoséManuel Durão Barroso is a Portuguese politician and law professor. He previously served as the 115th prime minister of Portugal and from 2004–2014 as the 11th president of the European Commission.
Bernhard Heinrich Karl Martin,Prince of Bülow was a German statesman who served as the chancellor of the German Empire and minister-president of Prussia from 1900 to 1909. A fervent supporter of Weltpolitik,Bülow devoted his chancellorship to transforming Germany into a global power. Despite presiding over sustained economic growth and major technological advancement,his government's foreign policy did much to antagonize France and Great Britain,which contributed significantly to Germany's defeat in the First World War.
Laurens Jan Brinkhorst is a retired Dutch politician and diplomat of the Democrats 66 (D66) party and jurist.
JoséÁngel Gurría Treviño,also known as Ángel Gurría,is a Mexican economist and diplomat. From 1 June 2006 to 31 May 2021,he was the secretary-general of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
Egon Karl-Heinz Bahr was a German SPD politician.
Frank-Walter Steinmeier is a German politician who became president of Germany on 19 March 2017. He was previously federal minister for foreign affairs from 2005 to 2009 and again from 2013 to 2017,as well as vice chancellor of Germany from 2007 to 2009. Steinmeier was chairman-in-office of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) in 2016.
Karl Ernst Thomas de Maizière is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who served as Federal Minister of the Interior from 2009 to 2011 and 2013 to 2018,as well as Federal Minister of Defence from 2011 to 2013. He previously served as Head of the Chancellery and Federal Minister for Special Affairs in the First Merkel cabinet from 2005 to 2009. Since 2009,he has been a member of the Bundestag for Meißen.
Klaus Scharioth is a former German diplomat. From 2006 to 2011 he served as Germany's ambassador to the United States. Since 2011 he has been dean of the Mercator Fellowship on International Affairs. He is also a Professor of Practice at the Fletcher School at Tufts University and a commentator on relations between Germany and the United States.
Klaus Schütz was a German politician,who served as the Mayor of West Berlin from 1967 to 1977,as a member of the Social Democratic Party (SPD).
'Mohammed Ahmed Al Mahmood' was the extraordinary and authorized ambassador of the United Arab Emirates to the Federal Republic of Germany from 2004 until 2012,when he was succeeded by Juma Mubarak Al Junaibi
Petras Auštrevičius is a Lithuanian liberal politician,diplomat,civil society activist,former member of Seimas,and since 2014,a member of the European Parliament.
David James Ritchie is an Australian diplomat and a senior career officer with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT). His last appointment was as Ambassador for Australia to Germany,a post to which he was appointed in 2013.
Peter Fahrenholtz is a German diplomat,posted since 2018 as the Ambassador in Bangladesh.
Horst Hauthal was a German ambassador. Horst Hauthal was also known for his meteoric rise to lead the cryptographic Section in Z Branch of the Pers Z S,the Foreign Office Personnel Department during World War II
Andrzej Jan Byrt is a Polish economist and former diplomat and deputy minister. Byrt has been Ambassador to Germany,France and Monaco.
Andreas Michaelis is a German diplomat who served as State Secretary of the Federal Foreign Office in the government of Chancellor Olaf Scholz since 3 January 2022,and was previously the German Ambassador to the Court of St James from May 2020 until January 2022. Since August 2023,he has been the German Ambassador to the United States.
