German Foreign Minister serving near the end of the war (1918). He retired from the Navy as a Rear Admiral and was then appointed ambassador to Mexico (1911). Later served as ambassador to China (1914) and Norway (1917). When Foreign Minister Richard von Kühlmann was chased out of office by General Erich Ludendorff, von Hintze was brought in as his replacement and immediately began pushing for a policy of cooperation with the Bolsheviks. Hintze is also known to have advised the Kaiser near war's end to seek an "honorable death" at the western front as head of his troops. Hintze was replaced by Wilhelm Solf and died on 19 August 1941 in Merano, Italy.