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by Marcel Schmidt

Official handover at the Konrad Adenauer Foundation

A formal ceremony marked the official change at the helm of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation (KAS): after eight influential years, Prof. Dr Norbert Lammert, former President of the Bundestag, handed over the chairmanship to Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, former Minister-President, former Federal Minister of Defence and former CDU Federal Chairwoman. Kramp-Karrenbauer was elected as the new chair by the general meeting on 19 December 2025; Lammert was simultaneously appointed honorary chair. Around 300 employees, members of the foundation's committees, friends and colleagues filled the Adenauer Foundation's academy to pay tribute to Lammert and welcome Kramp-Karrenbauer.
January 28, 2026 Order details

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The Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, its educational institutions, centres and foreign offices, offer several thousand events on various subjects each year. We provide up to date and exclusive reports on selected conferences, events and symposia at www.kas.de. In addition to a summary of the contents, you can also find additional material such as pictures, speeches, videos or audio clips.