2021 Ambassador of the British Embassy in Germany I.E. Jill Gallard CMG
2019 Ambassador of Japan, S.E. Takeshi Yagi
2018 German Rectors' Conference / Hochschulrektorenkonferenz (HRK), represented by its president Prof. Dr. Peter-André Alt
2017 Ambassoder of France, I. E. Anne-Marie Descôtes
2016 Ambassador of the state Israel in Germany, H.E. Yakov Hadas-Handelsman
2015 President of the Goethe Institute, Prof. Dr. h.c. Klaus-Dieter Lehmann
2014 Ambassador of the Republic of Latvia, H.E. Elita Kuzma
2013 Ambassador of the Republic of Poland, H.E. Jerzy Marganski
2012 Ambassador of the Kingdom of Spain, H.E. Pablo García-Berdoy
2011 Ambassador of the Russian Federation, H. E. Wladimir M. Grinin
2010 Ambassador of the Hellenic Republic, H.E. Dimitris Rallis
2009 Ambassador of the Republic of Ecuador, H. E. Horacio Sevilla Borja
2008 Ambassador of the United States of America, H. E. William R. Timken jr.
2007 Ambassador of Japan, H. E. Toshiyuki Takano
2006 Ambassador of the Republic of Austria, H. E. Dr. Christian Prosl
2005 Ambassador of the Kingdom of Norway, H. E. Bjørn Tore Godal
2004 Ambassador Network “Das Corps”, Mr Alexander Wolf
2003 Apostolic Nuncio, H. E. Dr. Giovanni Lajolo
2001 Ambassador of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland,
H. E. Sir Paul Lever