United States Ambassador to West Germany

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ambassadorial post diplomatic office

The United States Ambassador to West Germany was the chief American diplomatic representative to the Federal Republic of Germany during the period when Germany was divided after World War II.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
United States Ambassador to Germany 2
U.S. Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany 1
United States Ambassador to East Germany 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ambassadorial post ⓘ
diplomatic office ⓘ
alsoKnownAs American Ambassador to West Germany ⓘ
United States Ambassador to West Germany ⓘ
surface form: U.S. Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany
appliesToJurisdiction West Germany ⓘ
appointedBy President of the United States ⓘ
confirmedBy United States Senate ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
department United States Department of State ⓘ
diplomaticRank Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary ⓘ
dissolved 1990 ⓘ
duty advise the U.S. government on political developments in West Germany ⓘ
manage the United States Embassy in Bonn ⓘ
negotiate with the government of the Federal Republic of Germany ⓘ
represent the interests of the United States in West Germany ⓘ
endTime 1990 ⓘ
firstHolder Robert D. Murphy ⓘ
firstHolderStartTime 1949 ⓘ
historicalContext post–World War II division of Germany ⓘ
hostGovernment Federal Government of Germany ⓘ
surface form: Government of the Federal Republic of Germany
inception 1949 ⓘ
isDistinctFrom United States Ambassador to West Germany self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: United States Ambassador to East Germany

United States Ambassador to West Germany self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: United States Ambassador to Germany
jurisdiction West Germany ⓘ
surface form: Federal Republic of Germany
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
German ⓘ
lastHolder Vernon A. Walters ⓘ
lastHolderEndTime 1991 ⓘ
locatedIn West Germany ⓘ
locatedInTimePeriod Cold War ⓘ
nominatedBy President of the United States ⓘ
officeScope national-level diplomatic representation ⓘ
officeType bilateral diplomatic mission head ⓘ
partOf Germany–United States relations ⓘ
U.S. embassies ⓘ
surface form: United States diplomatic missions in Europe
precededBy United States High Commissioner for Germany ⓘ
surface form: United States Political Adviser for Germany
reasonForEnd German reunification ⓘ
replacedBy United States Ambassador to West Germany self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: United States Ambassador to Germany
reportsTo President of the United States ⓘ
United States Secretary of State ⓘ
represents United States of America ⓘ
residence Bonn ⓘ
residenceCountry West Germany ⓘ
seat Bonn ⓘ
startTime 1949 ⓘ
toCountry West Germany ⓘ
surface form: Federal Republic of Germany
usedDiplomaticMission Embassy of the United States in Bonn ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

United States Ambassador to West Germany → alsoKnownAs → United States Ambassador to West Germany ⓘ
this entity surface form: U.S. Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany
United States Ambassador to West Germany → isDistinctFrom → United States Ambassador to West Germany self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Ambassador to East Germany
United States Ambassador to West Germany → isDistinctFrom → United States Ambassador to West Germany self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Ambassador to Germany
James B. Conant → positionHeld → United States Ambassador to West Germany ⓘ
United States Ambassador to West Germany → replacedBy → United States Ambassador to West Germany self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Ambassador to Germany
United States High Commissioner for Germany → replacedBy → United States Ambassador to West Germany ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany