IDP Board of Trustees

The newly composed Board of Trustees began its work on May 19, 2025. The constituent meeting took place in the Sternzimmer of the Old Town Hall under the direction of the two chairpersons, Lord Mayor Katja Dörner and Minister Nathanael Liminski.

The Board of Trustees advises the activities of the Bonn International Democracy Award Association.

Mitglieder Kuratorium

Guido Déus

Chair of the Board of Trustees

Oberbürgermeister der Stadt Bonn

Nathanael Liminski

Chair of the Board of Trustees

Minister for Federal and European Affairs, International Affairs and Media of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia

Chi Viet Giang

member

Deputy Head of the General Directorate Management Deutsche Welle

Jonathan Grunwald

member

Member of the North Rhine-Westphalian State Parliament


Dr. Julia Höller

member

Member of the State Parliament of North Rhine-Westphalia

Ingrid-Gabriela Hoven

member

Member of the Management Board, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH

Wilfried Klein

member

Managing Director and Head of the Gustav Stresemann Institute,
Former Chairman of the IDP

Prof. Ulrich Kelber

member

Former Federal Data Protection Commissioner

Dr. Helge Matthiesen

member

Editor-in-Chief of the Bonner-General-Anzeiger

Prof. Dr. Birgit Münch

member

Vice Rector for International Affairs at the University of Bonn

Sebastian Schuster

member

District Administrator Rhein-Sieg-Kreis 

Axel Voss, MEP

member

Member of the European Parliament