Mission Directors
The head of the mission is known as the director (Direktor)
- 1849 to 1865 Louis Harms (baptised as Ludwig, but called Louis, born 5 May 1808, died 14 November 1865)
- 1865 to 1885 Theodor Harms (born 19 March 1819, died 16 February 1885)
- 1885 to 1916 Egmont Harms (born 15 April 1859, died 4 December 1916)
(1890 to 1916 gemeinsam mit Georg Haccius) - 1890 to 1926 Georg Haccius (born 22 July 1847, died 4 June 1926)
- 1926 to 1943 Christoph Schomerus (born 23 November 1871, died 8 August 1944)
- 1943 to 1959 August Elfers (born 18 July 1897, died 6 July 1959)
- 1959 to 1974 Hans-Robert Wesenick (born18 December 1904, died 15 November 1988)
- 1975 to 1988 Reinhart Müller (born 1925, died 3 April 2006)
- 1989 to 2003 Ernst-August Lüdemann
- since 2003 Martina Helmer-Pham Xuan
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