Rudolf Albert August Wilhelm Asmis (12 June 1879 – 13 November 1945) was a German jurist, colonial official and diplomat who served as Minister to Siam and Consul-General for Australia.

However his superiors back in Berlin viewed his actions as too innovative and too risky, given the political ramifications and called a stop to Asmis' work on codification in 1908.

In 1912 Asmis was appointed Consul in the capital of the Belgian Congo, Boma, with responsibilities for French Equatorial Africa excluding Gabon.

[6] With the end of the war, Asmis was appointed a Councillor (Geheimer Regierungsrat) to the Republican Ministry of the Interior, but returned to the Foreign Office in 1920.

[9] In October 1932, Asmis arrived in Sydney to take up his next appointment as Consul-General, First Class, for Germany to Australia, with responsibility for New Zealand and Fiji.

By May 1933, Asmis had founded a "League of Germanism" and in March 1933 made an official statement intending to denounce reports of Nazi attacks on Jews in Germany while noting that the appearance of antisemitism in the Weimar Republic was, in his opinion, caused by "thousands of Jews [who] entered Germany from Eastern Europe, many of whom amassed huge fortunes at the expense of the impoverished population during the nation's most difficult times.

His report did not reveal anything new or insightful, but it appeared he concurred with the prevalent view of the time that the best route for survival for indigenous Australians was to assimilation by adopting a "European work ethic".

"[12] With the complete German occupation of Czechoslovakia in March 1939, Asmis moved to take over the functions of Czechoslovak Consulate in Sydney, an action that was not recognised by the Australian Government.