Steffen Seibert

Steffen Seibert
Steffen Seibert
Spokesman of the Federal Government
	Incumbent
	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

Steffen Seibert (born 7 June 1960 in Munich) is head of the German Federal Government's Press and Information Office and serves as the German government's spokesperson.[1] The German Federal Government's Press and Information Office resembles the British Central Office of Information. He is officially ranked as an undersecretary of state.

Since late 2016, Seibert has been a member of the German government's cabinet committee on Brexit at which ministers discuss organizational and structural issues related to the United Kingdom's departure from the European Union.[2][3]

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. They lived in Wiesbaden before moving to Berlin’s Dahlem district in 2011.[4]

Television journalist at ZDF

Steffen Seibert worked for ZDF from 1989 to 2010. In addition to his roles at ZDF, he co-hosted the Bavarian TV Awards in 2005 (alongside Nina Ruge) and in 2009 (alongside Markus Kavka). He also moderated the event series Nobelpreisträger in Mönchengladbach with guests F. W. de Klerk (2004), Mikhail Gorbachev (2007) and the 14th Dalai Lama (2008).[5]

Years	function
1989–1992	Journalist
1992–1995	Correspondent for ZDF News (ZDF heute) in Washington, D.C.
1995–1996	Presenter of (ZDF Morgenmagazin) in Berlin
1996–1997	Presenter of ZDF Abendmagazin
1997–2000	Presenter of hallo deutschland (translated: hello Germany)
2000–2003	Presenter of ZDF.reporter
2003–2010	News presenter (heute) in Mainz
2007–2010	Presenter of heute-journal alongside co-anchor Dunja Hayali in Mainz
2009–2010	Presenter of Sternstunden der Deutschen ('Magic Moments in German History')

Recognition

2001 – "Golden Camera" (for Special Show 9/11)
2005 – "Bambi" (shared with Johannes B. Kerner for a show for the disaster victims of the tsunami in the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake)
2013 – Order of the Star of Italy[6][7]

Other activities

UNICEF National Committee of Germany, Member[8]
"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
Städel Museum, Member of the Board of Trustees[9]
"Kinderhospiz Bethel", Official Partner

Before taking on his current position, Seibert was an ambassador of UNICEF in Germany. In this capacity, he visited some of the organization's projects in Angola in 2003.

References

"ZDF-Moderator Steffen Seibert wird neuer Regierungssprecher". Focus. 10 July 2010. Retrieved September 14, 2016.
Joseph Nasr (January 13, 2017), Merkel to chair first Brexit committee meeting next week Reuters.
Readout of the government's press conference on 13 January 2017 Federal Press Office.
Hugo Müller-Vogg (April 28, 2011), Seiberts ziehen nach Berlin BILD.
Jan Schnettler (March 7, 2012), Mönchengladbach: Die Riege der Nobelpreisträge Die Welt, January 12, 2015.
Weil erhält Orden "Stern von Italien" Die Welt, January 12, 2015.
Ministerpräsident Weil erhält hohen Orden der Italienischen Republik State Chancellery of Lower Saxony, press release of January 12, 2015.
General Assembly of Members UNICEF Deutschland.
Board of Trustees Städel Museum.

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[1] "ZDF-Moderator Steffen Seibert wird neuer Regierungssprecher". Focus. 10 July 2010. Retrieved September 14, 2016.

[2] Joseph Nasr (January 13, 2017), Merkel to chair first Brexit committee meeting next week Reuters.

[3] Readout of the government's press conference on 13 January 2017 Federal Press Office.

[4] Hugo Müller-Vogg (April 28, 2011), Seiberts ziehen nach Berlin BILD.

[5] Jan Schnettler (March 7, 2012), Mönchengladbach: Die Riege der Nobelpreisträge Die Welt, January 12, 2015.

[6] Weil erhält Orden "Stern von Italien" Die Welt, January 12, 2015.

[7] Ministerpräsident Weil erhält hohen Orden der Italienischen Republik State Chancellery of Lower Saxony, press release of January 12, 2015.

[8] General Assembly of Members UNICEF Deutschland.

[9] Board of Trustees Städel Museum.