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The Embassy of the United Kingdom in Berlin |
Contact
Address: Wilhelmstraße 70/71, Berlin, D- 10117
Tel.: +49 (0)30 204 570
Contact: https://www.contact.service.csd.fcdo.gov.uk/posts/germany/british-embassy-berlin
The Ambassador
H.E. Andrew Mitchell CMG
H.E. Andrew Mitchell CMG has been serving as the British Ambassador to Germany since September 2024. Prior to this role, he held senior positions in the UK government, including Director General roles at the Department for Business and Trade (DBT) and the Department for International Trade (DIT). He also served as Her Majesty's Trade Commissioner for Europe and was the British Ambassador to Sweden. With a background in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Andrew Mitchell has extensive experience in international trade, investment, and major global events like the Olympic Games.
History
Diplomatic relations between the United Kingdom and Germany were first established in 1797.
At the outbreak of the First World War diplomatic relations between the two states were broken off and the embassy building remained empty and relations between the two were interrupted again at the outbreak of World War II. The building was badly damaged by Allied bombing during the war and was demolished in 1950.
The British Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany) was based in Bonn, the capital city of that state and the British embassy to the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) was situated near to the old embassy, at Unter den Linden 32-34.
Upon reunification in 1991, the German government returned the seat of government from Bonn to Berlin. A new embassy building was opened by Queen Elizabeth II on 18 July 2000.
