Klaus Doring

July 4, 1946 is a very remarkable day: The Third Philippine Republic was proclaimed, after the United States granted independence to the Filipinos. Three years later the “Federal Republic of Germany” (former West Germany, because the “GDR” German Democratic Republic came into being 1949 as “East Germany”). Konrad Adenauer was the first chancellor of West Germany.

1954 the famous “Laurel-Langley Agreement” was signed and stated the end of State of War between the Philippines and Germany.

1955 followed the signing of the Philippine-German Trade Protocol, the basis of future trade agreements.

In 1956 real diplomatic relations between the Philippines and (the Federal Republic of) Germany have been established with Friedrich von Fuerstenberg as first German Ambassador to the Philippines and Jose Ingles as Philippine Ambassador to (West) Germany.

A very remarkable year also has been 1958, when 21 Filipino students started studying in different German universities for the first time.

(To be continued!)

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