Members of the Goethe-Institut are selected personages involved in the cultural and social life of the Federal Republic of Germany. At the biannual General Meetings, they discuss conceptual issues of the work of the Goethe-Institut.
Full members and members by virtue of office
Dr. Marion Ackermann, Director K20 Art Collection Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf
Prof. Dr. Christina von Braun, 2nd Vice-President of the Goethe-Institut e. V., cultural scientist, writer, film-maker, Humboldt University in Berlin
Prof. Dr. Heinrich Detering, Georg August University Seminar for German Philology, Göttingen
Federal Republic of Germany, represented by the Federal Foreign Office, MinDir Werner Wnendt, Head of the Department for Culture and Communication, Berlin
Claus Detjen, publisher, Ingolstadt
Dr. h.c. Friedrich Dieckmann, writer, Berlin
Volker Doppelfeld, 1st Vice-President of the Goethe-Institut e.V., Munich
Prof. Thomas Grochowiak, painter, former President of Deutscher Künstlerbund e.V., Director ret. of the City Museums of Recklinghausen and Oberhausen Kuppenheim
Prof. Dr. Herwig Guratzsch, former Chair of the Board and Principal Director of the Foundation of Schleswig-Holstein State Museums Schloss Gottorf, Hamburg
Dr. Ingrid Hamm, Executive Director of Robert Bosch Stiftung GmbH, Stuttgart
Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Hildegard Hamm-Brücher, Minister of State ret., Munich
Dr. Tessen von Heydebreck, Chair of the Board of the Deutsche Bank Foundation, Deutsche Bank AG, Berlin
Prof. Dres. h.c. Hilmar Hoffmann, Chair of the Administrative Board of the German Film Institute, formerly President of the Goethe-Institut e.V., Frankfurt/Main
Henriette Joop, Executive Director of JETTE GmbH, Hamburg
Mely Kiyak, writer, freelance journalist and television author, Berlin
Michael Krüger, Director Carl Hanser Verlag GmbH & Co. KG, Munich
Prof. Dr. Norbert Lammert, MP, President of the German Bundestag, Berlin
Prof. Dr. h.c. Klaus-Dieter Lehmann, President of the Goethe-Institut e.V., former President of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation
Dr. phil. Nicola Leibinger-Kammüller, Chair of the Management, Executive Shareholder of Trumpf GmbH + Co KG, Ditzingen
Alexander Liebreich, Principal Conductor, Artistic Director of the Munich Chamber Orchestra, Munich
Dr. Anke Martiny, journalist, Senator ret., Berlin
Prof. Siegfried Matthus, composer, Artistic Director of the Chamber Opera Schloss Rheinsberg, Stolzenhagen/Wandlitz
Prof. Dr. Susan Neiman, Director of Einstein Forum, Potsdam
Prof. Dr. Ulrich Raulff, Director of the German Literature Archive, Marbach
Dr. Hermann Rudolph, publisher of "Der Tagesspiegel", Berlin
Prof. Dr. h.c. mult. Klaus G. Saur, Senator e.h., former Chair of the Management of Walter de Gruyter Verlag, K.G. Saur Verlag and Max Niemeyer Verlag, Berlin
Prof. Dr. Oliver Scheytt, Executive Director of Ruhr.2010 GmbH, Essen
Ingo Schulze, writer, Berlin
Arila Siegert, dancer, choreographer and opera director, Berlin
Karl Ernst Tielebier-Langenscheidt, publisher, Munich
Dr. Nike Wagner, Artistic Director of Kunstfest Weimar GmbH, Weimar
Sasha Waltz, Choreographer, dancer and opera director, Berlin
Christina Weiss, State Minister for Culture and Media ret., Berlin
Prof. Dr. Christina von Braun, 2nd Vice-President of the Goethe-Institut e. V., cultural scientist, writer, film-maker, Humboldt University in Berlin
Prof. Dr. Heinrich Detering, Georg August University Seminar for German Philology, Göttingen
Federal Republic of Germany, represented by the Federal Foreign Office, MinDir Werner Wnendt, Head of the Department for Culture and Communication, Berlin
Claus Detjen, publisher, Ingolstadt
Dr. h.c. Friedrich Dieckmann, writer, Berlin
Volker Doppelfeld, 1st Vice-President of the Goethe-Institut e.V., Munich
Prof. Thomas Grochowiak, painter, former President of Deutscher Künstlerbund e.V., Director ret. of the City Museums of Recklinghausen and Oberhausen Kuppenheim
Prof. Dr. Herwig Guratzsch, former Chair of the Board and Principal Director of the Foundation of Schleswig-Holstein State Museums Schloss Gottorf, Hamburg
Dr. Ingrid Hamm, Executive Director of Robert Bosch Stiftung GmbH, Stuttgart
Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Hildegard Hamm-Brücher, Minister of State ret., Munich
Dr. Tessen von Heydebreck, Chair of the Board of the Deutsche Bank Foundation, Deutsche Bank AG, Berlin
Prof. Dres. h.c. Hilmar Hoffmann, Chair of the Administrative Board of the German Film Institute, formerly President of the Goethe-Institut e.V., Frankfurt/Main
Henriette Joop, Executive Director of JETTE GmbH, Hamburg
Mely Kiyak, writer, freelance journalist and television author, Berlin
Michael Krüger, Director Carl Hanser Verlag GmbH & Co. KG, Munich
Prof. Dr. Norbert Lammert, MP, President of the German Bundestag, Berlin
Prof. Dr. h.c. Klaus-Dieter Lehmann, President of the Goethe-Institut e.V., former President of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation
Dr. phil. Nicola Leibinger-Kammüller, Chair of the Management, Executive Shareholder of Trumpf GmbH + Co KG, Ditzingen
Alexander Liebreich, Principal Conductor, Artistic Director of the Munich Chamber Orchestra, Munich
Dr. Anke Martiny, journalist, Senator ret., Berlin
Prof. Siegfried Matthus, composer, Artistic Director of the Chamber Opera Schloss Rheinsberg, Stolzenhagen/Wandlitz
Prof. Dr. Susan Neiman, Director of Einstein Forum, Potsdam
Prof. Dr. Ulrich Raulff, Director of the German Literature Archive, Marbach
Dr. Hermann Rudolph, publisher of "Der Tagesspiegel", Berlin
Prof. Dr. h.c. mult. Klaus G. Saur, Senator e.h., former Chair of the Management of Walter de Gruyter Verlag, K.G. Saur Verlag and Max Niemeyer Verlag, Berlin
Prof. Dr. Oliver Scheytt, Executive Director of Ruhr.2010 GmbH, Essen
Ingo Schulze, writer, Berlin
Arila Siegert, dancer, choreographer and opera director, Berlin
Karl Ernst Tielebier-Langenscheidt, publisher, Munich
Dr. Nike Wagner, Artistic Director of Kunstfest Weimar GmbH, Weimar
Sasha Waltz, Choreographer, dancer and opera director, Berlin
Christina Weiss, State Minister for Culture and Media ret., Berlin
Employee representatives in the General Meeting
Dr. Günter Hasenfuss, Goethe-Institut Schwäbisch Hall
Gabriele Seeger, Goethe-Institut Head Office
Dr. Hans Simon-Pelanda, Goethe-Institut Head Office
Gabriele Seeger, Goethe-Institut Head Office
Dr. Hans Simon-Pelanda, Goethe-Institut Head Office
Special members
Dr. Peter Gauweiler, MP, nominated by the CDU/CSU parliamentary party in the German Bundestag, Berlin
Ulla Schmidt, MP, nominated by the SPD parliamentary party in the German Bundestag, Berlin
Dr. Gesine Lötzsch, MP, nominated by the parliamentary party DIE LINKE. in the Germany Bundestag, Berlin
Claudia Roth, MP, nominated by the parliamentary party Bündnis 90/Die Grünen in the German Bundestag, Berlin
Harald Leibrecht, , nominated by the FDP parliamentary party of the German Bundestag, Berlin
Staatsrat Dr. Michael Voges, representative of the State Governments nominated by the Permanent Conference of the Education Ministers of the States of the Federal Republic of Germany. The Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg, Division for Education and Vocational Training
Mdgt. Dr. Peter Müller, representative of the State Governments nominated by the Permanent Conference of the Education Ministers of the States of the Federal Republic of Germany, Head of Division for Cultural Work in Bavaria in the Bavarian State Ministry of Teaching, Education and Science, Munich
Ulla Schmidt, MP, nominated by the SPD parliamentary party in the German Bundestag, Berlin
Dr. Gesine Lötzsch, MP, nominated by the parliamentary party DIE LINKE. in the Germany Bundestag, Berlin
Claudia Roth, MP, nominated by the parliamentary party Bündnis 90/Die Grünen in the German Bundestag, Berlin
Harald Leibrecht, , nominated by the FDP parliamentary party of the German Bundestag, Berlin
Staatsrat Dr. Michael Voges, representative of the State Governments nominated by the Permanent Conference of the Education Ministers of the States of the Federal Republic of Germany. The Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg, Division for Education and Vocational Training
Mdgt. Dr. Peter Müller, representative of the State Governments nominated by the Permanent Conference of the Education Ministers of the States of the Federal Republic of Germany, Head of Division for Cultural Work in Bavaria in the Bavarian State Ministry of Teaching, Education and Science, Munich
Guests
Federal Foreign Office, VLR I Martin Eberts, Head of Division 606, Berlin
Federal Finance Ministry, MinDirig Dr. Thomas Gerhardt, Head of Subsection II/C Budget, Berlin
Federal Finance Ministry, MinDirig Dr. Thomas Gerhardt, Head of Subsection II/C Budget, Berlin
