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Board of Trustees

Erik Bettermann, Rights: dpa

Board of Trustees

Erik Bettermann
Director-General of Deutsche Welle (DW)

Erik Bettermann; Rights: Deutsche Welle

Erik Bettermann

Erik Bettermann, born in 1944 in the Lindenthal district of Leipzig. Director-General of Deutsche Welle (DW). Studied philosophy, education and social paedagogics in Cologne and Bonn. Freelancer for Cologne daily newspapers and a Protestant church newspaper. After activities in the international youth exchange, as of 1982 department head at the Federal Ministry of Youth, Family and Health, subsequently head of the office of the Vice-president in the German Bundestag. 1985-1989 head of department in the SPD party executive, 1989-1991 deputy federal executive director. From 1992 to 2001 member of the City Council of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen, 1995 to 2001 as a member of the Senate, representative for Federal Affairs, Europe and Economic Cooperation. Since October 2001 Director-General of Deutsche Welle.

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Advisory board

Jona Teichmann, Chairwoman; Rights: WDR
Members of the Advisory Board 

Media foundation

Michael Radix, Geschäftsführer der CIVIS Medienstiftung GmbH; Rights: WDR/Joachim Schulze
The management of the organization 

Partners

Rights: CIVIS
Partner's meeting 

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