The association

The European Academy Berlin derives its legal identity from the Europäische Akademie Berlin e.V., a registered association (e.V.), which includes the following institutions and persons:

Natural persons:

  • Kirstin Bauch, Mayor of the Berlin district Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf, B90/Grüne
  • Hildegard Bentele, Member of the European Parliament, CDU
  • Dr. Erik Bettermann, former Director of Deutsche Welle
  • Gaby Bischoff, Member of the European Parliament, SPD
  • Damian Boeselager, Member of the European Parliament, VOLT
  • Dr. Andrea Despot, Chief Executive Officer of the EVZ Foundation
  • Eberhard Diepgen, Lawyer, former Governing Mayor of Berlin, CDU
  • Dieter Ernst, former State Secretary, former spokesperson for the Board of Berlinwasser International
  • Stefan Evers, Mayor and Senator of Finance Berlin, CDU
  • Dr. Christian Johann, Academy Director, European Academy Berlin
  • Dr. Sylvia-Yvonne Kaufmann, former Member of the European Parliament, SPD
    Honorary Chairwoman of Europa-Union Berlin
  • Dr. Ottilie Klein, Member of the German Bundestag, CDU
  • Michael Georg Link, Coordinator of Transatlantic Cooperation of the Federal German Government,
    Member of the German Parliament, FDP
  • Markus Löning, former Member of the German Parliament, FDP
    Human Rights and Responsible Business (Owner)
  • Petra Merkel, former Member of the German Parliament, SPD
    President of Internationaler Bund
  • Martina Michels, Member of the European Parliament, Die Linke
  • Hubertus Moser, former Chairman of the Managing Board and Board of Directors of Landesbank Berlin
  • Dr. Gero Pfennig, Lawyer and Notary public, Berlin, former Member of the German Bundestag and the European Parliament
  • Dagmar Roth-Behrendt, Lawyer, former Vice President of the European Parliament, SPD
  • Prof. Dr. Gerhard Sabathil, former EU ambassador
  • Anja Schillhaneck, former Member of the Berlin Parliament, B90/Grüne 
  • Christian Schmidt, High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina,
    former Federal Minister of Food and Agriculture, former Member of the German Parliament, CSU
  • André Schmitz, former Secretary for Cultural Matters of Berlin, Chairman of the Schwarzkopf Foundation
  • Paul Spies, Chairman and Artistic Director of the Stadtmuseum Berlin and Chief Curator of the State of Berlin at the Humboldt Forum
  • Klaus Wowereit, former Governing Mayor of Berlin, SPD
  • Frank Zimmermann, former Member of the Berlin Parliament, SPD

Corporate entities:

  • Berliner Volksbank eG, represented by Daniel Keller, Chairman of the Board
  • Deutsche Telekom AG, represented by Fritz Uwe Hofmann, Head, political representation of interests division

Managing Committee:

  • Dieter Ernst, Committee Chair
  • Dr. Christian Johann, Committee Deputy Chair, Managing Committee Member
  • Markus Löning, Committe Deputy Chair
  • Petra Merkel, Committee Deputy Chair

Cash auditors:

  • Sylvia-Yvonne Kaufmann
  • Frank Zimmermann

Articles of Association

*) Register court: Amtsgericht Berlin-Charlottenburg – register number: VR 3197 B correct as of: January 2019

Former members of the association (selection)

  • Otto Friedrich Bach (✝ 1981), Member and President of the Berlin Parliament, Senator for Social Affairs, Founding Chairman of European Academy Berlin
  • Dr. Franziska Brantner, Parliamentary State Secretary, Federal Minstry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action
  • Dr. Hermann Krätschell (✝ 2016), Director of the European Academy Berlin (1963 -1993)
  • Stefan Liebich, Member of the Berlin Parlianment, Member of the Federal Parliament
  • Alexander Longolius (✝ 2016), Member of the Berlin Parliament
  • Walter Rasch (✝ 2023), Member of the Berlin Parliament, Senator for Education
  • Dr. Ditmar Staffelt, Member of the Berlin Parliament, Member of the Federal Parliament, State Secretary Federal Ministry of Economy and Labour
  • Prof. Dr. Eckart Stratenschulte, Director of the European Academy Berlin (1993 -1917)