Sibylle Spoo
Head of Division at the trade union ver.di (ret.), nominated by the German Trade Union Central Organisations
Marco Wanderwitz, MP
(CDU) Member of the Bundestag, nominated by the German Federal Parliament
Vera Szackamer
Member of the Board of Directors of the Jewish Central Council in Germany, nominated by the Jewish Central Council
Prof. Christian Höppner
President of the German Culture Council, nominated by the German Culture Council
Frank Kopania
Executive Director Global Ministries, Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD), nominated by the Evangelical Church in Germany
Claudia Roth, MP
Minister of State for Culture and the Media, nominated by the German Federal Government
Helge Lindh, MP
(SPD) Member of the Bundestag, nominated by the German Federal Parliament
Katja Keul, MP
(Grüne) Minister of State at the Federal Foreign Office, nominated by the German Federal Government
Dr. Bärbel Kofler, MP
(SPD) Parliamentary State Secretary, Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, nominated by the German Federal Government
Prof. Dr. Carola Richter
Professor of International Communication at the Free University of Berlin, nominated by the German Rectors' Conference
Ulrike Hiller
State Councilor (ret.), nominated by the German Federal Council
Markus Ulbig
Minister of State (ret.), nominated by the German Federal Council
Thorsten Schäfer-Gümbel
Chair of the GIZ Management Board, nominated by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)
Torsten Burmester
CEO of the German Olympic Sports Confederation, nominated by the German Olympic Sports Confederation
Christina Ramb
Member of the Executive Management of the Confederation of German Employers' Associations (BDA), appointed by the BDA in agreement with the DIHK
Dr. Anja Utler
Poet, appointed by the German Academy for Language and Literature