Broadcasting Council

Highest authority: The Broadcasting Council ensures that DW fulfills its mandate and goals

DW's Broadcasting Council

Chair

Council members

Sibylle Spoo

Broadcasting Council Deputy Chair

Rundfunkrat Deutsche Welle | Sibylle SpooHead of Division at the trade union ver.di (ret.), nominated by the German Trade Union Central Organisations

Marco Wanderwitz, MP

Chair of the Distribution Committee

Rundfunkrat Deutsche Welle | Marco Wanderwitz(CDU) Member of the Bundestag, nominated by the German Federal Parliament

Vera Szackamer

Chair of the DW Akademie Committee

Rundfunkrat Deutsche Welle | Vera SzackamerMember of the Board of Directors of the Jewish Central Council in Germany, nominated by the Jewish Central Council

Prof. Christian Höppner

Chair of the Program Committee, Budget rapporteur

Prof. Christian HöppnerPresident of the German Culture Council, nominated by the German Culture Council

Frank Kopania

Budget rapporteur

Rundfunkrat Deutsche Welle | Frank KopaniaExecutive Director Global Ministries, Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD), nominated by the Evangelical Church in Germany

Claudia Roth, MP

Rundfunkrat Deutsche Welle | Claudia RothMinister of State for Culture and the Media, nominated by the German Federal Government

Helge Lindh, MP

Rundfunkrat Deutsche Welle | Helge Lindh(SPD) Member of the Bundestag, nominated by the German Federal Parliament

Katja Keul, MP

Rundfunkrat Deutsche Welle | Katja Keul(Grüne) Minister of State at the Federal Foreign Office, nominated by the German Federal Government

Dr. Bärbel Kofler, MP

Rundfunkrat Deutsche Welle | Bärbel Kofler(SPD) Parliamentary State Secretary, Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, nominated by the German Federal Government

Prof. Dr. Carola Richter

Rundfunkrat Deutsche Welle | Carola RichterProfessor of International Communication at the Free University of Berlin, nominated by the German Rectors' Conference

Ulrike Hiller

Ulrike HillerState Councilor (ret.), nominated by the German Federal Council

Markus Ulbig

Markus Ulbig, Mitglied des DW-RundfunkratsMinister of State (ret.), nominated by the German Federal Council

Thorsten Schäfer-Gümbel

Rundfunkrat Deutsche Welle | Thorsten Schäfer-GümbelChair of the GIZ Management Board, nominated by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)

Torsten Burmester

Deutschland Gremien/Rundfunkrat Torsten BurmesterCEO of the German Olympic Sports Confederation, nominated by the German Olympic Sports Confederation

Christina Ramb 

Rundfunkrat Deutsche Welle | Christina RambMember of the Executive Management of the Confederation of German Employers' Associations (BDA), appointed by the BDA in agreement with the DIHK

Dr. Anja Utler

Rundfunkrat Deutsche Welle | Anja UtlerPoet, appointed by the German Academy for Language and Literature

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