President of the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution
| President of the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution | |
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| Logo of the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution | |
| Thomas Haldenwang | |
| Appointed by |
Federal Minister of the Interior currently: Horst Seehofer |
| First incumbent |
Otto John (1950 to 1954) |
| Current incumbent | President of the BfV Thomas Haldenwang |
| Creation of office | November 7, 1950 on the basis of the BVerfSchG |
| Deputy | Vice-President of the BfV Michael Niemeier Vice-President of the BfV Sinan Selen |
| Website | BfV office line |
The President of the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution , currently Thomas Haldenwang , heads the German Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BfV), the civil intelligence service of the federal government that is responsible for domestic matters .
As head of office, the president is responsible for the performance of the BfV's tasks, the protection of the free democratic basic order and counter-espionage . He is assigned to salary group B 9 of the Federal Salary Act and has two deputies, the vice-presidents.
Previous presidents
| Period | president | comment |
|---|---|---|
| 1950-1954 | Otto John | According to a CIA document, the USA proposed to the then Federal Chancellor , Konrad Adenauer , in 1950 that Fabian von Schlabrendorff , who was active in the resistance against National Socialism , be appointed first head of the BfV; but Schlabrendorff himself rejected this suggestion for health reasons. Instead, Otto John became the first president. In July 1954 he appeared in the GDR . After local radio - Propaganda gigs and interrogations by the Stasi and KGB he returned surprisingly late 1955 to the Federal Republic back and was sentenced by the Supreme Court to four years' imprisonment. Otto John's stay in the GDR, which he said was forced, was one of the first major political scandals in the young Federal Republic . |
| 1954-1955 | Hanns Jess ( CDU ), (acting) | After Otto John's alleged escape to the GDR, Jess was entrusted with the provisional management of the office until Hubert Schrübbers was appointed. |
| 1955-1972 | Hubert Schrübbers (CDU) | Resignation after his work in the Nazi judiciary during the time of National Socialism became known. Under Schrübbers, a noticeable number of high positions in the Federal Office are said to have been filled with former SS or SD members. 1962–1967 Ernst Brückner was his vice-president. From 1970 Werner Smoydzin , who joined the NSDAP in 1943 , became Vice President of the BfV. |
| 1972-1975 | Günther Nollau | Resignation after the discovery of the GDR spy Günter Guillaume in the Federal Chancellery by Willy Brandt . |
| 1975-1983 | Richard Meier | Resignation due to a private affair (convicted of negligent homicide in a traffic accident). |
| 1983-1985 | Heribert Hellenbroich (CDU) | In July 1985 he became President of the Federal Intelligence Service and retired on August 29, after his former subordinate, the government director of the BfV, Hansjoachim Tiedge, had fled to the GDR. Tiedge was a group leader in counter-espionage . |
| 1985-1987 | Ludwig-Holger Pfahls ( CSU ) | In July 1999 he went into hiding and wanted internationally on charges of bribery in his later office as State Secretary at the Federal Ministry of Defense , arrested in Paris in July 2004, sentenced on August 12, 2005 to two years and three months in prison for taking advantage of advantages and tax evasion , the charge the corruption had to be dropped; since September 1, 2005 again at large under certain conditions. Sentenced in November 2011 for 4½ years in prison for fraud and bankruptcy. |
| 1987-1991 | Gerhard Boeden (CDU) | Taking office after retirement as Vice President of the BKA |
| 1991-1995 | Eckart Werthebach (CDU) | Resignation due to resumption of investigations on suspicion of betrayal . |
| 1995-1996 | Hansjörg Geiger | From 1996 President of the Federal Intelligence Service , from 1998 Permanent State Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Justice |
| 1996-2000 | Peter Frisch ( SPD ) | Member of the " Round Table intelligence services in Germany e. V. " |
| 2000-2012 | Heinz Fromm (SPD) | After breakdown in the investigation against the neo-Nazi cell " National Socialist Underground " (as well as destruction of files) Fromm asked for the transfer to the early retirement July 31, 2012 by German Interior Minister Hans-Peter Friedrich was adopted. |
| 2012-2018 | Hans-Georg Maaßen (CDU) | On November 8, 2018, due to his farewell speech on the controversy surrounding the statements on the riots in Chemnitz , he was temporarily retired. Previously released from his duties. |
| 2018 | Thomas Haldenwang (CDU) | Acting President since November 15, 2018. He had previously headed the office on a provisional basis and had been Vice President of the authority since August 1, 2013. |
Individual evidence
- ^ President Thomas Haldenwang. In: https://www.verfassungsschutz.de/ . Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution, accessed on August 2, 2019 .
- ^ Vice President Michael Niemeier. In: https://www.verfassungsschutz.de/ . Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution, January 21, 2019, accessed on January 21, 2019 .
- ^ Vice President Sinan Selenium. In: https://www.verfassungsschutz.de/ . Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution, January 21, 2019, accessed on January 21, 2019 .
- ↑ Federal Pay Regulations B
- ↑ Delmege Trimble: The Defections of Dr. John. September 18, 1995, accessed September 27, 2018 .
- ↑ Constantin Goschler and Michael Wala: No new Gestapo . Rowohlt, Reinbek 2015, ISBN 978-3-498-02438-3 , pp. 300 ff .
- ↑ Ex-State Secretary Pfahls has to go to prison for four and a half years. The Augsburg Regional Court has sentenced the former Secretary of State for Defense Pfahls to four years and six months in prison for bankruptcy and fraud. Pfahls systematically hid his assets from the tax office, the judge said. In: http://www.spiegel.de/ . November 9, 2011, accessed on September 27, 2018 (Author abbreviation: anr).
- ↑ Ulla Fiebig (ARD Berlin) on the resignation of the constitution protection chief Fromm. tagesschau.de , July 2, 2012, accessed April 16, 2017 .
- ^ Head of the Protection of the Constitution Fromm resigns. tagesschau.de , July 2, 2012, archived from the original on July 4, 2012 ; Retrieved July 2, 2012 .
- ↑ President of the Office for the Protection of the Constitution offers resignation RP-Online, July 2, 2012. Accessed July 2, 2012
- ↑ Maassen put into temporary retirement. www.sueddeutsche.de, November 8, 2018, accessed on November 15, 2018 .
- ↑ WORLD: Horst Seehofer drops Maaßen because of "unacceptable formulations" . In: THE WORLD . November 5, 2018 ( welt.de [accessed November 5, 2018]).
- ^ President Thomas Haldenwang. In: https://www.verfassungsschutz.de/ . Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution, November 15, 2018, accessed on January 21, 2019 .