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The German Institute Taipei (
German German(s) may refer to: * Germany, the country of the Germans and German things **Germania (Roman era) * Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language ** For citizenship in Germany, see also Ge ...
: Deutsches Institut Taipei); () is the overseas representative office of
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in
Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia. The main geography of Taiwan, island of Taiwan, also known as ''Formosa'', lies between the East China Sea, East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocea ...
, which promotes the non-diplomatic German-Taiwanese relations and looks after German interests there. Tasks of the institution includes the increasing of bilateral cooperation (especially in the field of culture and economy), dealing with consular affairs like Visa or passport, providing a variety of services for German citizens in Taiwan and German-related information to Taiwanese people. In some instances, it maintains contacts with Taiwanese government on behalf of the Federal Republic of Germany, acting as a ''de facto'' embassy. Institute affairs are led by a
Director General A director general, general director or director-general (plural: ''directors general'', ''general directors'', ''directors-general'', ''director generals'' or ''director-generals'') is a senior executive officer, often the chief executive officer ...
(), who acts as the German representative to Taiwan. Its counterpart in Germany is the Taipei Representative Office in the Federal Republic of Germany in
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List of directors general


List of deputy directors general


See also

* Germany-Taiwan relations *
Foreign policy of Germany The Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) is a Central European country and member of the European Union, G4 nations, G4, G7, the G-20 major economies, G20, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Organizations for Economic Co-ope ...
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Foreign relations of Germany The Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) is a Central European country and member of the European Union, G4, G7, the G20, the Organizations for Economic Co-operation and Development and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). It maintains ...
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Foreign relations of Taiwan Foreign relations of Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), are accomplished by efforts of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, a cabinet-level ministry of the central government. the ROC has formal diplomatic relations with 11 of th ...
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List of diplomatic missions of Germany The Federal Republic of Germany manages 227 diplomatic missions abroad. Of these, 153 are embassies, 52 consulates-general, 7 consulates, and 12 multilateral missions making it one of the world's largest diplomatic networks. In addition, there ...
* List of diplomatic missions in Taiwan


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* (in English * (in English) 2000 establishments in Taiwan
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