Taipei Representative Office in Germany

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The Taipei Representative Office in the Federal Republic of Germany; (Chinese: 駐德國台北代表處; pinyin: Zhù Déguó Táiběi Dàibiǎo Chù; German: Taipeh Vertretung in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland) represents the interests of Taiwan in Germany in the absence of formal diplomatic relations, functioning as a de facto embassy.

Based in Berlin, it also has offices in Frankfurt, Hamburg and Munich.^[2] Its counterpart in Taiwan is the German Institute Taipei.^[3]

The Republic of China was a winning power of World War II and thus dispatched a military mission to occupied Berlin. However, it did not re-establish diplomatic ties with either East or West Germany after the war. Its first in-official office was established in 1956 in Bad Godesberg in Bonn in the then West Germany as the Freichina- Presse und Informationsdienst ("Free China Press and Information Service"), later in 1972 becoming the Büro der Fernost-Informationen ("Far East Information Office").^[4]

In 1992, it became the Taipei Wirtschafts- und Kulturbüro or "Taipei Economic and Cultural Office".^[5] In 1997, it adopted its present name.^[6] In October 1999, the Taipei Representative Office moved to Berlin, and offices in Frankfurt, Hamburg and Munich were established.^[4] There is also a Taiwan Trade Center in Düsseldorf.

Mission		Consular district
	Taipei Representative Office in Germany	Berlin, Brandenburg, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia
	Frankfurt Office	North Rhine-Westphalia, Hesse, Rhineland-Palatinate, Saarland
	Hamburg Office	Hamburg, Bremen, Lower Saxony, Schleswig-Holstein, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
	Munich Office	Bavaria, Baden-Württemberg

• Agnes Hwa-Yue Chen^[7]
• Shieh Jhy-wey (incumbent since 2016)

• Taipeh Vertretung in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland