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The General Assembly is the supreme governing body of the foundation. It consults and decides on the foundation’s work guidelines; it also receives the business and cash reports and is responsible for approving them; it supports the Board of Directors and elects board members.

The General Assembly convenes at least once a year, usually in the second half of the year. They constitute a quorum if at least half of the members are present. The majority of the members present then decide on resolutions. Decisions are recorded in the minutes.

The total number of association members is limited to 55. Membership shall terminate three years after commencing the activity unless extended for a further three years owing to a decision taken by the General Assembly.


 

General Assembly

Prof. Dr. Marion Ackermann
Director General of the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden

Dr. Patrick Adenauer
Entrepreneur

Prof. Dr. Erik Bertram
Head of Design Operations and User Insights, BTP Experience, SAP SE

Prof. Dr. Verena Blechinger-Talcott
Deputy Chairwoman of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung e. V
Professor of Japanese Studies (Japanese Politics and Political Economics)
Vice President of Freie Universität Berlin

Dr. Christoph Brand
Treasurer of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung e. V.

Heike Brehmer MP
Deputy Chairwoman of the Executive Board of Kommunalpolitische Vereinigung der CDU/CSU Deutschlands (KPV)

Ralph Brinkhaus MP
Former Chairman of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group at the German Bundestag
Further information in the biogram

Daniel Caspary MEP
Chairman of the CDU/CSU group at the European Parliament
Further information in the biogram

Emine Demirbüken-Wegner
Secretary of State (retired)
District Mayor of Berlin-Reinickendorf

Karina Dörk
Landrätin im Landkreis Uckermark

Burkard Dregger
Member of Berlin Parliament
Chairman of the CDU parliamentary group at the Berlin Parliament (retired)

Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Lars Feld
Holder of the Chair for Economic Policy and Constitutional Economics at the Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg
Director of the Walter Eucken Institute

Prof. Dr. Stephan Frucht
Artistic Director, Siemens Arts Program

Michael Gahler MEP
Board member of the CDU/CSU group at the European Parliament

Tanja Gönner
General Directorate of the Federation of German Industries (Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie e. V., BDI)

Hermann Gröhe MP
Deputy Chairman of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung e. V.
Federal Minister (retired)
Deputy Chairman of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group at the German Bundestag
Further information in the biogram

Daniel Günther
Minister-President of Schleswig-Holstein

Prof. Dr. Stefan W. Hell
Director at the Max-Planck-Institut for Biophysical Chemistry Göttingen

Franziska Hoppermann MP
Chairwoman of the Women's Union of the CDU in Hamburg

Eckart von Klaeden
Secretary of State (retired)
Head of the External Affairs department at Mercedes-Benz Group AG

Julia Klöckner MP
Federal Minister for Food and Agriculture (retired)
Further information in the biogram

Prof. Dr. Marianne Kneuer
Professor of Comparative Politics at the Technische Universität Dresden

Prof. Roland Koch
Minister-President (retired)
Chairman of the Ludwig-Erhard-Stiftung e. V.
Further information in the biogram

Michael Kretschmer
Minister-President of Saxony
Further information in the biogram

Prof. Dr. Norbert Lammert
Chairman of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung e. V.
President of the German Bundestag (retired)
Further information in the biogram

Armin Laschet MP
Minister-President (retired)
Further information in the biogram

Christine Lieberknecht
Minister-President (retired)
Further information in the biogram

Yvonne Magwas MdB
Vice President of the German Bundestag

David James McAllister MEP
Minister-President (retired)
Chairman of the European Parliament Committee on Foreign Affairs
Further information in the biogram

Friedrich Merz MP
Chairman of the CDU
Chairman of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group at the German Bundestag

Herta Müller
Writer

Hildegard Müller
Secretary of State (retired)
President of the German Association of the Automotive Industry (Verband der Automobilindustrie, VDA)

Prof. Dr. Beate Neuss
Emeritus Professor of Political Science at the Faculty of Philosophy at Chemnitz University of Technology

Prof. Dr. Angelika Nußberger
Judge at the Constitutional Court of Bosnia-Herzegovina
Director of the Institute for Eastern European Law and Comparative Law at the University of Cologne

Ronald Pofalla
Federal Minister (retired)
Chief Operating Officer Gröner Group GmbH
Further information in the biogram

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

Karin Prien
Minister of Education, Science and Culture of Schleswig-Holstein

Dr. Jan Redmann
Head of the CDU in Brandenburg 
Chairman of the CDU group at the Parliament of Brandenburg

Katherina Reiche
CEO of Westenergie AG

Herbert Reul
Minister for Internal Affairs of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia

Dr. Norbert Röttgen MP
Federal Minister (retired)
Further information in the biogram

Nadine Schön MP
Deputy Chairwoman of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group at the German Bundestag

Dr. Josef Schuster
President of the Central Council of Jews in Germany (Zentralrat der Juden in Deutschland, ZdJ)

Jens Spahn MP
Federal Minister of Health (retired)
Further information in the biogram

Dr. Peter Tauber
Parliamentary Secretary of State (retired)
Further information in the biogram

Dr. Johannes von Thadden:

CEO of Draco Aircraft

Marlehn Thieme
President of Welthungerhilfe e. V.

Prof. Sebastian Turner
Media entrepreneur

Octavian Ursu
Mayor of Görlitz

Prof. Dr. Bernhard Vogel
Honorary Chairman of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung e. V.
Minister-President (retired)
Further information in the biogram

Prof. Dr. Mario Voigt
Head of the CDU in Thuringia
Chairman of the CDU group at the Parliament of Thuringia

Klaus Welle
Former Secretary General of the European Parliament

Eva Welskop-Deffaa
President of the German Caritas Association

Elisabeth Winkelmeier-Becker MP
Chairwoman of the Committee on Legal Affairs of the German Bundestag
Chairwoman of Stiftung Christlich-Soziale Politik e. V. (CSP)

Paul Ziemiak MP

Secretary General of the CDU in North Rhine-Westphalia
Further information in the biogram

Dr. Tamara Zieschang
Deputy Chairwoman of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung e. V
Minister of the Interior and Sport of Saxony-Anhalt


 

As of:  January, 2024

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