Members of the Board of Directors
Professor Dr Norbert Lammert
Chairman of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung e. V.
President of the German Bundestag (retired)
Professor Dr Verena Blechinger-Talcott
Deputy Chairwoman of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung e. V.
Hermann Gröhe
Deputy Chairman of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung e. V.
Federal Minister (retired)
Dr Tamara Zieschang
Deputy Chairwoman of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung e. V.
Bernhard Vogel â€
Honorary Chairman of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung e. V.
Minister-President (retired)
Christoph Brand
Treasurer of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung e. V.
Dr Mark Speich
Secretary General of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung e. V.
Dieter Althaus
Minister-President (retired)
Vice President for Governmental Affairs MAGNA Europe
Further information in the biogram
Dr Felor Badenberg
Senator for Justice and Consumer Protection in Berlin
Thorsten Frei MP
Head of the Federal Chancellery and Federal Minister for Special Tasks
Tanja Gönner
State Minister (retired)
General Directorate of the Federation German Industries
Professor Dr Hans Walter Hütter
President of the Stiftung Haus der Geschichte Nordrhein-Westfalen
Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer
Federal Minister (retired)
Further information in the biogram
Armin Laschet MP
Minister-President (retired)
Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs in the German Bundestag
Further information in the biogram
Dr Carsten Linnemann MP
Secretary General of the CDU of Germany
David McAllister MEP
Minister-President (retired)
Chairman of the European Parliament Committee on Foreign Affairs
Vice President of the European People's Party
Friedrich Merz MP
Federal Chancellor
Chairman of the CDU of Germany
Hildegard Müller
State Secretary (retired)
President of the German Association of the Automotive Industry
Dr Jan Redmann
Head of the CDU Brandenburg
Chairman of the CDU group at the Parliament of Brandenburg
Professor Dr Andreas Rödder
Holder of the Chair for Modern
Contemporary History at the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
Professor Dr Dr Thomas Sternberg
President of the foundation Kunststiftung NRW
Eva Maria Welskop-Deffaa
President of the German Caritas Association
Permanent guests
Steffen Bilger MP
First Parliamentary Secretary of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group at the German Bundestag
Dr Philipp Birkenmaier
Federal Managing Director of the CDU
Volker Kauder
Chairman of the Bundeskanzler Helmut-Kohl-Stiftung Board of Trustees
Dr Hans-Gert Pöttering
Representative for European Affairs of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung e. V.
President of the European Parliament (retired)
Further information in the biogram
Professor Dr Jürgen Rüttgers
Minister-President (retired)
Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Stiftung Bundeskanzler-Adenauer-Haus
Dr Wolfgang Schüssel
Federal Chancellor of the Republic of Austria (retired)
Jens Spahn MP
Federal Minister (retired)
Chairman of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group at the German Bundestag
Further information in the biogram
Dr Sabine Sütterlin-Waack
Chairwoman of the Hermann Ehlers Stiftung e. V.
Lili Pöschl
Speaker of the Youth Advisory Board of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung e. V.
Luisa Tiesies
Speaker of the Youth Advisory Board of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung e. V.
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As of: December 2025
