Steffen Seibert
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Martina Fietz
Steffen Seibert | |
|---|---|
 Seibert in 2012 | |
| German Ambassador to Israel | |
| Assumed office 2022[1] | |
| President | Frank-Walter Steinmeier |
| Preceded by | Susanne Wasum-Rainer |
| Spokesperson of the Federal Government | |
| In office 11 August 2010 – 8 December 2021 | |
| Chancellor | Angela Merkel |
| Deputy | Ulrike Demmer Martina Fietz |
| Preceded by | Ulrich Wilhelm |
| Succeeded by | Steffen Hebestreit |
| Chief of the Federal Press Office | |
| In office 11 August 2010 – 8 December 2021 | |
| Chancellor | Angela Merkel |
| Deputy | Ulrike Demmer |
| Preceded by | Ulrich Wilhelm |
| Succeeded by | Steffen Hebestreit |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 7 June 1960 |
| Party | Christian Democratic Union |
| Alma mater | |
| Profession | Historian |
Steffen Rüdiger Seibert (born 7 June 1960 in Munich) is a German journalist and former television host who serves as German Ambassador to Israel. He previously served as head of the German Federal Government's Press and Information Office and as the German government's spokesperson from 2010 to 2021.[2][3] During his tenure, Seibert was officially ranked as a Secretary of State.
From late 2016 Seibert was 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.[4][5]
Previously Seibert worked for the German television station ZDF as a journalist and presenter of the popular heute-journal (until 2010).
Television journalist at ZDF
Seibert was born in Munich in 1960, and went to school at the Tellkampfschule in Hanover. 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.[6]
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).[7]
| 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 – Goldene Kamera (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[8][9]
