Current Foundation Board
As stipulated in the Board statutes, the federal government and the Länder of Berlin and North Rhine-Westphalia each have two representatives on the Foundation Board. The other Länder each have one. The Board elects its chairperson and vice chairpersons for a term of three years. The chairpersons can be reelected.
Federal Government
The Commissioner for Culture and the Media
N.N.
- Chairwoman -
Representative: N.N.
- also serves as the Chairwoman's deputy –
Federal Ministry of Finance
Ministerial Director Martin Kelleners
- also serves as the Chairwoman's deputy -
Representative: Ministerial Councilor Frank Heuchert
Federal States
Baden-Württemberg
State Secretary Petra Olschowski
Representative: Ministerial Director Dr. Claudia Rose
Ministry of Science, Research and the Arts Baden-Württemberg
Bavaria
Ministerial Director Dr. Peter Müller
Representative: Ministerial Director Angelika Kaus
Bavarian State Ministry for Science and Arts
Berlin
Senator Dr. Klaus Lederer
Representative: Department Head Dr. Konrad Schmidt-Werthern
Senate Department for Culture and Europe
Senate Building Director Petra Kahlfeldt
Representative: Senate Councillor Birgitt von dem Knesebeck
Senate Department for Urban Development and Housing, Berlin
Brandenburg
Minister Manja Schüle
- also serves as the Chairwoman's deputy -
Representative: Department Head Brigitte Faber-Schmidt
Ministry of Science, Research and Culture of the State of Brandenburg
Bremen
State Councilor Carmen Emigholz
Representative: Dr. Andreas Mackeben
Senator of Culture of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen
Hamburg
Senator Dr. Carsten Brosda
Representative: Senate Director Hans Heinrich Bethge
Cultural Authority of the Free Hanseatic City of Hamburg
Hessen
Minister of State Boris Rhein
Representative: State Secretary Patrick Burghardt
The Hessen State Ministry of Higher Education, Research and the Arts
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
State Secretary Sebastian Schröder
Representative: Dr. Kristina Süße
Ministry of Education, Science and Culture of the State of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Lower Saxony
State Secretary Dr. Sabine Johannsen
Representative: Department Head Corinna Fischer
Ministry of Science and Culture of the State of Lower Saxony
North Rine-Westphalia
Minister Isabel Pfeiffer-Poensgen
- also serves as the Chairwoman's deputy -
Representative: Hildegard Kaluza
Ministry of Culture and Science of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia
State Secretary Dr. Patrick Opdenhövel
Representative: Ministerial Councilor Peter Landwehr
Ministry of Finance of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia
Rhineland-Palatinate
State Secretary Prof. Dr. Jürgen Hardeck
Representative: Ministerial Director Christoph Kraus
Ministry of Education, Science, Further Education and Culture
Saarland
State Secretary Christine Streichert-Clivot
Representative: Nil Berber
Ministry of Education and Culture
Saxony
Sebastian Hecht
Representative: Markus Franke
Saxon State Ministry of Science, Art and Tourism
Saxony-Anhalt
Minister of State Rainer Robra
Representative: N.N.
Ministry of Culture of the State of Saxony-Anhalt
Schleswig-Holstein
Department Head Susanne Bieler-Seelhoff
Representatice: Deputy Department Head Claudia Sieg
Ministry of Education, Science and Cultural Affairs
Thuringia
State Secretary Tina Beer
Representative: Ministerial Director Elke Harjes-Ecker
State Chancellery
Board of Deputies and AG Bau (Deliberative Committees for the Foundation Board)
Chairman
Ingo Mix
Office of the Federal Commissioner for Culture and the Media
Links for Additional Information
- The Commissioner for Culture and the Media (in German)
- Federal Ministry of Finance
- Ministry of Science, Research and the Arts Baden-Württemberg (in German)
- Bavarian State Ministry of Science and Culture, Research and the Arts (in German)
- Senate Department for Culture and Europe
- Senate Department of Urban Development and the Environment, Berlin
- Ministry of Science, Research and Culture of the State of Brandenburg (in German)
- Senator of Culture of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen (in German)
- Cultural Authority of the Free Hanseatic City of Hamburg (in German)
- The Hessen State Ministry of Higher Education, Research and the Arts
- Ministry of Education, Science and Culture of the State of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
- Ministry of Science and Culture of the State of Lower Saxony (in German)
- Ministry of Culture and Science of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia (in German)
- Ministry of Finance of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia (in German)
- Ministry of Science, Further Education and Culture of Rheinland Pfalz (in German)
- Ministry of Education and Culture of Saarland (in German)
- Saxon State Ministry of Science and Art (in German)
- Ministry of Culture of the State of Saxony-Anhalt (in German)
- Ministry of Justice, Cultural and European Affairs Schleswig-Holstein
- Ministry of the Government, Europe, the Media and Culture of Thüringen (in German)