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Steffen Seibert
German journalist and ambassador (born 1960)
German journalist and ambassador (born 1960)
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Steffen Seibert |
| image | Steffen Seibert3.jpg |
| caption | Seibert in 2012 |
| office | German Ambassador to Israel |
| predecessor | Susanne Wasum-Rainer |
| president | Frank-Walter Steinmeier |
| term_start | 2022 |
| office1 | Spokesperson of the Federal Government |
| chancellor1 | Angela Merkel |
| deputy1 | Ulrike Demmer |
| Martina Fietz | |
| term_start1 | 11 August 2010 |
| term_end1 | 8 December 2021 |
| predecessor1 | Ulrich Wilhelm |
| successor1 | Steffen Hebestreit |
| office2 | Chief of the Federal Press Office |
| chancellor2 | Angela Merkel |
| deputy2 | Ulrike Demmer |
| term_start2 | 11 August 2010 |
| term_end2 | 8 December 2021 |
| predecessor2 | Ulrich Wilhelm |
| successor2 | Steffen Hebestreit |
| birth_date | |
| birth_place | Munich, West Germany |
| party | Christian Democratic Union |
| alma_mater | |
| profession | Historian |
Martina Fietz
Steffen Rüdiger Seibert (born 7 June 1960 in Munich) is a German journalist and former television host who serves as German Ambassador to Israel. He previously served as head of the German Federal Government's Press and Information Office and as the German government's spokesperson from 2010 to 2021. During his tenure, Seibert was officially ranked as a Secretary of State.
From late 2016 Seibert was a member of the German government's cabinet committee on Brexit at which ministers discuss organizational and structural issues related to the United Kingdom's departure from the European Union.
Previously Seibert worked for the German television station ZDF as a journalist and presenter of the popular heute-journal (until 2010).
Biography
Seibert was born in Munich in 1960, and went to school at the Tellkampfschule in Hanover. He then studied history in Hamburg and at the London School of Economics.
Seibert is married (his wife is an artist), and has a daughter and two sons. They lived in Wiesbaden before moving to Berlin's Dahlem district in 2011.
Television journalist at ZDF
Seibert worked for ZDF from 1989 to 2010. In addition to his roles at ZDF, he co-hosted the Bavarian TV Awards in 2005 (alongside Nina Ruge) and in 2009 (alongside Markus Kavka). He also moderated the event series Nobelpreisträger in Mönchengladbach with guests F. W. de Klerk (2004), Mikhail Gorbachev (2007) and the 14th Dalai Lama (2008).
| Years | function |
|---|---|
| 1989–1992 | Journalist |
| 1992–1995 | Correspondent for ZDF News (ZDF heute) in Washington, D.C. |
| 1995–1996 | Presenter of (ZDF Morgenmagazin) in Berlin |
| 1996–1997 | Presenter of ZDF Abendmagazin |
| 1997–2000 | Presenter of hallo deutschland (translated: hello Germany) |
| 2000–2003 | Presenter of ZDF.reporter |
| 2003–2010 | News presenter (heute) in Mainz |
| 2007–2010 | Presenter of heute-journal alongside co-anchor Dunja Hayali in Mainz |
| 2009–2010 | Presenter of Sternstunden der Deutschen ('Magic Moments in German History') |
Recognition
- 2001 – Goldene Kamera (for Special Show 9/11)
- 2005 – Bambi (shared with Johannes B. Kerner for a show for the disaster victims of the tsunami in the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake)
- 2013 – Order of the Star of Italy
Other activities
- UNICEF National Committee of Germany, Member
- "Club for early born babies" (Bundesverband "Das frühgeborene Kind"), Chairman (until 2008)
- International Journalists' Programmes, Arthur F. Burns Fellowship Program, Member of the Board of Trustees
- Städel Museum, Member of the Board of Trustees
- Kinderhospiz Bethel, Official Partner
Before taking on his current position, Seibert was an ambassador of UNICEF in Germany. In this capacity, he visited some of the organization's projects in Angola in 2003.
References
References
- Paul-Anton Krüger (30 March 2022), [https://www.sueddeutsche.de/politik/botschafter-seibert-lambsdorff-1.5557901 Ex-Regierungssprecher Steffen Seibert wird Botschafter in Israel] ''[[Süddeutsche Zeitung]]''.
- (10 July 2010). "ZDF-Moderator Steffen Seibert wird neuer Regierungssprecher". [[Focus (German magazine).
- (8 December 2021). "Nachfolger von Seibert: Hebestreit wird neuer Regierungssprecher". [[Tagesschau (German TV series).
- Joseph Nasr (13 January 2017), [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-eu-germany-idUSKBN14X15Y Merkel to chair first Brexit committee meeting next week] ''[[Reuters]]''.
- [https://www.bundesregierung.de/Content/DE/Mitschrift/Pressekonferenzen/2017/01/2017-01-13-regpk.html Readout of the government's press conference on 13 January 2017] Federal Press Office.
- Hugo Müller-Vogg (28 April 2011), [http://www.bild.de/politik/kolumnen/hugo-mueller-vogg/seiberts-ziehen-nach-berlin-17613198.bild.html Seiberts ziehen nach Berlin] ''[[BILD]]''.
- (7 March 2012). "Mönchengladbach: Die Riege der Nobelpreisträger".
- [https://www.welt.de/regionales/niedersachsen/article136298485/Weil-erhaelt-Orden-Stern-von-Italien.html Weil erhält Orden "Stern von Italien"] ''[[Die Welt]]'', 12 January 2015.
- [http://www.stk.niedersachsen.de/aktuelles/presseinformationen/ministerpraesident-weil-erhaelt-hohen-orden-der-italienischen-republik-130517.html Ministerpräsident Weil erhält hohen Orden der Italienischen Republik] State Chancellery of Lower Saxony, press release of 12 January 2015.
- [https://www.unicef.de/informieren/ueber-uns/unicef-deutschland/-/mitgliederversammlung/11136 General Assembly of Members] UNICEF Deutschland.
- [http://www.staedelmuseum.de/en/support Board of Trustees] [[Städel Museum]].
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