Introduction
Steffen Seibert is a German former journalist and television anchor, and the current head of the German governmental press- and information-agency, which resembles the British Central Office of Information, making him the de facto press secretary of the Chancellor's office. He is officially ranked as an undersecretary of state.
Since late 2016, Seibert has been a member of the German government's cabinet committee on Brexit at which ministers discuss organizational and structural issues related to the United Kingdom's departure from the European Union.
Previously he worked for the German television station ZDF as a journalist and presenter of the popular Heute Journal (until 2010).
Biography
Steffen Seibert was born in Munich in 1960, and went to school at the Tellkampfschule in Hannover. He then studied history in Hamburg and at the London School of Economics.
Seibert is married (his wife is an artist), and has a daughter and two sons. They lived in Wiesbaden before moving to Berlin’s Dahlem district in 2011.
Television journalist at ZDF
Steffen Seibert worked for ZDF from 1989 to 2010.
| Years | function |
|---|---|
| 1989–1992 | Journalist |
| 1992–1995 | Correspondent for ZDF News (ZDF heute) in Washington, D.C. |
| 1995–1996 | Presenter of (ZDF Morgenmagazin) in Berlin |
| 1996–1997 | Presenter of ZDF Abendmagazin |
| 1997–2000 | Presenter of hallo deutschland (translated: hello Germany) |
| 2000–2003 | Presenter of ZDF.reporter |
| 2003–2010 | News presenter (heute) in Mainz |
| 2007–2010 | Presenter of heute-journal alongside co-anchor Dunja Hayali in Mainz |
| 2009–2010 | Presenter of Sternstunden der Deutschen ('Magic Moments in German History') |
Recognition
- "Golden Camera" (for Special Show 9/11)
- "Bambi" (shared with Johannes B. Kerner for a show for the disaster victims of the tsunami in the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake)
Other activities
- UNICEF National Committee of Germany, Member
- "Club for early born babies" (Bundesverband "Das frühgeborene Kind"), Chairman (until 2008)
- International Journalists’ Programmes, Arthur F. Burns Fellowship Program, Member of the Board of Trustees
- "Kinderhospiz Bethel", Official Partner
In addition, Seibert is an ambassador of UNICEF in Germany.