Board of Trustees
Explanation
The Board of Trustees represents the highest level of decision-making at the Federal Cultural Foundation. It sets the guidelines of the Foundation’s activities and decides on its funding priorities. Based on the recommendations of the Executive Board, the Board of Trustees appoints the Jury which selects the applications in General Project Funding.
Chair of the Board of Trustees
Dr Wolfram Weimer
Minister of State for Culture and the Media
Representative of the Foreign Office
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Minister of State
Representative of the Federal Ministry of Finance
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Parliamentary State Secretary
Representative of the Bundestag
Helge Lindh
Annette Widmann-Mauz
Erhard Grundl
Representatives of the Federal States (KMK)
Rainer Robra
Head of the State Chancellery and State Minister for Culture in Saxony-Anhalt
Dr Carsten Brosda
Head of the Ministry of Culture and Media Hamburg
Municipal government representatives
Daniela Schneckenburger
Marc Elxnat
Councillor, German Association of Cities
Chairperson of the Board of Trustees of the Cultural Foundation of German States
Michael Kretschmer
Minister-President of Saxony
Leading cultural and artistic figures
Jagoda Marinić
Author and cultural manager
Olaf Nicolai
Prof Dr Dirk Messner
President of the Federal Environment Agency