Peter Limbourg (journalist)

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Peter Limbourg (2015)

Peter Limbourg (born July 7, 1960 in Bonn ) is a German journalist , presenter and director of Deutsche Welle since October 1, 2013 .

Life

Peter Limbourg, son of the German diplomat Peter Limbourg , grew up in Rome , Paris , Athens and Brussels . He studied law in Bonn , where he passed his legal state examination in 1987 . He is married and has three children.

Professional background

After completing his studies, Limbourg began his traineeship at the Deutsche Fernsehnachrichten Agentur (DFA) in Bonn . He came over Leipzig and London to Brussels, where he 1990 Europe - and NATO - Correspondent was. In the following years he reported as a reporter from Iraq , Northern Israel and Algeria . In May 1996 he became studio manager at ProSieben in Bonn. After founding the news channel N24 in 1999, he became editor-in-chief and head of the parliamentary editorial office. He became better known in September 2002 when he and Peter Kloeppel presented the first chancellor duel on German television. In 2005, together with Stefan Raab, he received the golden Prometheus for the show for the 2005 Bundestag election that was broadcast as part of the TV program .

From March 17th, 2008 he moderated the Sat.1 news on weekdays . At N24 he was editor-in-chief and head of the newsroom until June 15, 2010. For this he gave up his post as head of the parliamentary editorial office to his previous deputy, Hans-Peter Hagemes .

For the 2009 federal election , Limbourg again hosted the TV duel, together with Maybrit Illner (ZDF), Frank Plasberg (ARD) and Peter Kloeppel (RTL). It was broadcast on September 13th from the Berlin-Adlershof studio. He also moderated the TV total Bundestag election 2009 alongside Stefan Raab.

From June 16, 2010, Limbourg was Senior Vice President News and Political Information at ProSiebenSat.1 Media AG . Since October 1, 2013, he has been the director of Deutsche Welle as the successor to Erik Bettermann (SPD) .

Peter Limbourg is an honorary member of the diocesan manual of the Malteser Hilfsdienst eV in the Archdiocese of Berlin and was vice-president of the Malteser Hilfsdienst eV from July 2016 to March 2018. He also works as an advisor to the journalistic commission of the German Bishops' Conference.

Filmography

Television broadcasts

title Channel Period info
Federal Parliament election 2002 RTL / Sat.1 September 2002 Moderation together with Peter Kloeppel , first TV duel between the Federal Chancellor and the challenger
The TV total federal election 2005 ProSieben September 2005 Moderation together with Stefan Raab
Sat.1 news Sat 1 March 2008 - May 2013 Main presenter
Bundestag election 2009 RTL / Sat.1 / ARD / ZDF / Phoenix September 2009 Moderation together with Frank Plasberg , Maybrit Illner and Peter Kloeppel
The TV total federal election 2009 ProSieben September 2009 Moderation together with Stefan Raab
Among Greeks Sat 1 September 2011
Absolute majority ProSieben 2012-2013 Moderation together with Stefan Raab

Others

In 2011, Peter Limbourg took over the patronage of the Medienforum Mittweida , a specialist congress on the media industry organized by students.

Honors

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b kress.de
  2. ↑ quotemeter.de : N24 appoints new head of parliamentary editorial office
  3. ^ Message from the Bonn General-Anzeiger. Retrieved March 17, 2013.
  4. ↑ Malteser eNews 5/18 of March 7, 2018. Accessed March 8, 2018 .
  5. ↑ Malteser Hilfsdienst eV - The Presidium. Retrieved October 10, 2016
  6. ↑ Press release "Maltese Federal Assembly in Berlin - Peter Limbourg in the Federal Presidium." Retrieved October 10, 2016
  7. ↑ Article in the daily newspaper (taz): "Influence of the Churches on the Media". Retrieved October 10, 2016
  8. ↑ Peter Limbourg takes over patronage at the Medienforum Mittweida 2011 ( Memento from December 30th 2011 in the Internet Archive )
  9. ↑ Award ceremony of President Karolos Papoulias to Peter Limbourg - Director of Deutsche Welle ( Memento from January 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ), German Mission in Greece, January 30, 2015
personal data
SURNAME Limbourg, Peter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German journalist and news anchor
DATE OF BIRTH July 7, 1960
PLACE OF BIRTH Bonn