Steffen Seibert
| Steffen Seibert | |
|---|---|
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| Speaker of Government | |
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Assumed office 11. August 2010 | |
| Chancellor | Angela Merkel |
| Preceded by | Ulrich Wilhelm |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
7 June 1960 Munich,  West Germany |
| Political party | non-affiliated |
| Alma mater | University of Hamburg , London School of Economics |
| Profession | Historian |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
Steffen Seibert is a German former journalist and television anchor, and the current head of the German governmental press- and information-agency, which resembles the British Central Office of Information, making him the de facto press secretary of the Chancellor's office.[1] He is officially ranked as an undersecretary of state.
Previously he worked for the German television station ZDF as a journalist and presenter of the popular Heute Journal (until 2010).
Biography
Steffen Seibert was born in Munich in 1960, and went to school at the Tellkampfschule in Hannover. 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.
Television journalist at ZDF
Steffen Seibert worked for ZDF from 1989 to 2010.
| Years | function |
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| 1989–1992 | Journalist |
| 1992–1995 | Correspondent of ZDF News (ZDF heute) in Washington |
| 1995–1996 | Moderator of the Morning-Magazin (ZDF Morgenmagazin) |
| 1996–1997 | Moderator of ZDF Abendmagazin |
| 1997–2000 | Moderator of hallo deutschland (translated: hello Germany) |
| 2000–2003 | Moderator of ZDF.reporter |
| 2003–2010 | News presenter (ZDF heute) |
| 2007–2010 | Moderator of heute-journal |
| 2009–2010 | Moderator of Sternstunden der Deutschen (translated: Magic Moments in German History) |
Steffen Seibert is bearer of "Golden Camera" (for Special Show 9/11) and the "Bambi" (for a Show for the disaster victims of the tsunami in the Indian Ocean 2004).
Other activities
- "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
- "Kinderhospiz Bethel", Official Partner
In addition, Seibert is an important representative of UNICEF in Germany.
References
- ↑ "ZDF-Moderator Steffen Seibert wird neuer Regierungssprecher". Focus. 10 July 2010. Retrieved September 14, 2016.
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