Elmar Theveßen

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Elmar Theveßen (2018)

Elmar Theveßen (born June 3, 1967 in Viersen ) is a German television journalist and author.

education

After graduating from the Albertus-Magnus-Gymnasium Viersen-Dülken in 1986, Theveßen studied history , German and political science at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität in Bonn from 1987 to 1993 with a master's degree . He also studied Foreign Policy and Journalism at the American University in Washington, DC

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From 1991 to 1995 Theveßen was a political editor at the ZDF studio in Bonn , and then until 2001 as a foreign correspondent at the ZDF studio in Washington . In 2001 and 2002 he worked as a reporter for Frontal21 magazine.

From 2003 he was the head of the ZDF main editorial office "News" (including for heute und heute-journal ). From June 2007 to February 2019 he was the head of ZDF's main editorial department “News” and deputy editor-in-chief of ZDF.

Theveßen was responsible for the three-part documentary “The Secret States of America” for ZDF.

Theveßen has been head of the ZDF studio in Washington since March 1, 2019. His successor as deputy editor-in-chief was Bettina Schausten , who also became the new head of the main news department at ZDF.

income

Theveßen received a salary of 205,560 euros from ZDF in 2017 (arithmetically 17,130 euros per month), plus additional benefits such as retirement benefits, benefits, family allowances and death grants, travel expenses, daily and overnight allowances, separation allowances, reimbursement of moving expenses, anniversary bonuses and similar benefits. Theveßen was also allowed to use his company car for private purposes.

Memberships

  • Theveßen has been a member of the Board of Trustees of the Fridtjof Nansen Academy for Civic Education at the Ingelheim Training Center since 2018 .

Awards

Publications

Sleepers Among Us (2002)

Terrorism cannot be defeated militarily, only a real dialogue between cultures leads out of the impasse, so the blurb concludes. The reviewer for the Frankfurter Rundschau emphasizes that Theveßen does not consider the attacks of September 11th to be as surprising as it was later portrayed, but that there were enough signs and warnings.

The effectiveness and the will to destroy of the terrorists are still underestimated and at the same time the rights of the citizens in the western states are being restricted more and more. The western democracies cannot cope with the problem of terrorism, but new political concepts are not in sight, says Florian Peter Kühn.

The Bush Balance Sheet (2004)

The review by Hartmut Jennerjahn ( Deutschlandradio Berlin ) comes to the conclusion that Theveßen does not hide his distance from Bush, even the subtitle is unmistakable: "How the US President betrayed his country and the world." Debate on the President's policy and the stigma of a questionable vote count in the state of Florida. The president orientates himself on a template-like view of good and bad.

Terror Alert (2005)

After reading the blurb, Elmar Theveßen states that German politics underestimated the actual threat. He discusses ways to track down potential assassins. He advocates seeking dialogue instead of marginalizing Muslims. According to the reviewer of the world , Martin Riexinger , the author is more in his element when it comes to portraying the problems of threats and Germany's inadequate disaster control skills than when analyzing Islamism, for which he lacked the necessary knowledge of the history of religion .

Terror in Germany (2016)

In the prologue of his book on the deadly strategies of the Islamists (subtitle) Theveßen writes that 9/11 was a big trap in which we acted as always: “short-term, reflexive, predictable”: “We have a war on terrorism organized, which was run solely by the armed forces, intelligence services and police. In doing so, we have failed completely to fight for the hearts and minds of those who are now the new generation of terror of unprecedented proportions. "

In the first chapter that follows, Theveßen analyzes the spread of terror and the farce of how it was combated, followed by the second phase of isolated attacks and the script of terror that has been on the Internet for many years and poses an existential threat to the whole world.

The third chapter is devoted to the emergence of Islamism with the knowledge and support of the USA, and chapter four to the empty actionism of the authorities, who have long known about the threat.

In the chapter “Clash of Cultures” the author analyzes right-wing radical prejudices against Islam. In the chapter “Shaping the future positively” he outlines a change in perspective from a “security-driven policy” to a “people-driven policy”. In the last chapter he calls for the renewal of German security policy.

Positions and reception

ZDF Theveßen is also known as an expert on terrorism , organized crime , economic crime and intelligence services called. After the 2011 attacks in Norway , he was criticized for not ruling out an Islamist terrorist attack, far from the facts.

Quote

“... it is only a matter of time before the supporters of IS take their war beyond individual acts into the streets of German cities. High time to face the threat in a new and different way. This requires a national concept, embedded in an international master plan. The indispensable basis for this is a clear definition of the Federal Republic of Germany's national interests and a reliable participation in their implementation. "

Fonts

  • Sleepers among us . Droemer, Munich 2002; Updated paperback edition: Knaur, Munich 2004, ISBN 3-426-77730-4 .
  • The Bush balance sheet. How the US President betrayed his country and the world . Droemer, Munich 2004, ISBN 3-426-27327-6 .
  • Terror alert. Germany and the Islamist threat . Rowohlt Berlin, Berlin 2005, ISBN 3-87134-548-2 .
  • Al Qaeda. Know what's right . Herder, Freiburg im Breisgau 2009, ISBN 978-3-451-06107-3 .
  • Nine-Eleven. The day that changed the world . Propylaea, Berlin 2011, ISBN 978-3-549-07381-0 .
  • Terror in Germany. The Islamists' deadly strategy . Piper, Munich 2016, ISBN 978-3-492-05803-2 .

Web links

Commons : Elmar Theveßen  - Collection of images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Biography: Elmar Theveßen: ZDF press portal. Retrieved January 21, 2017 .
  2. ↑ Vita Elmar Theveßen. In: Phoenix . Retrieved July 2, 2013 .
  3. ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original dated November 24, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.zdf.de
  4. ↑ New ZDF top jobs for Bettina Schausten, Theo Koll and Elmar Theveßen , meedia.de , September 7, 2018
  5. ↑ Elmar Theveßen earns 205,560 euros. Retrieved March 16, 2019 .
  6. ↑ Elmar Theveßen in an interview: "We do exactly what terrorism wants." - Planet Interview . In: Planet Interview . ( planet-interview.de [accessed on December 13, 2016]).
  7. ↑ Website of the Fridtjof Nansen Academy at https://www.wbz-ingelheim.de/?id=3
  8. ↑ Elmar Theveßen: Sleepers among us. Retrieved March 16, 2019 .
  9. ↑ Elmar Theveßen: Sleepers among us. Retrieved March 16, 2019 .
  10. ↑ Portal for Political Science - Sleepers Among Us. Retrieved March 16, 2019 .
  11. ↑ DeutschlandRadio Berlin - Book Tip - Elmar Theveßen: The Bush Balance Sheet - How the US President betrayed his country and the world. Retrieved March 16, 2019 .
  12. ↑ Elmar Theveßen: Terror alert. Germany and the Islamist threat. Retrieved March 16, 2019 .
  13. ↑ Martin Riexinger: When terror comes here . December 16, 2005 ( welt.de [accessed March 16, 2019]).
  14. ↑ Stefan Niggemeier: Anyone who knows such experts doesn't need a layperson. In: FAZ.NET . July 25, 2011, accessed March 5, 2015 .
  15. ↑ Markus Horeld: Why stay factual? - German reaction to Norway. In: ZEIT.Online . July 25, 2011. Retrieved July 26, 2011 .
  16. ↑ Terror in Germany. Retrieved March 16, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Theveßen, Elmar
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Thevessen, Elmar
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German journalist
DATE OF BIRTH 3rd June 1967
PLACE OF BIRTH Viersen