The People's Socialist Republic of Albania established post-war diplomatic ties with the Federal Republic of Germany for the first time on September 15, 1987.
Both countries would exchange ambassadors on October 2 of that same year.
Three weeks later, on October 23, 1987, the German minister of foreign affairs Hans-Dietrich Genscher paid an official six-day visit to Albania.
- Rauf Fico served as Albanian Minister to Berlin between 1938-1939.
- Rrok Gera was appointed ambassador to Germany when the Regency Council nominated him in July 1944.