Members and General Assembly of Welthungerhilfe

The members of Welthungerhilfe include the President of the German parliament, the leaders of the parties represented in the lower house, and also churches, associations and other organisations. They send delegates to the General Assembly which is convened once a year.

The General Assembly decides on the guidelines for the activities of Welthungerhilfe. It is responsible for electing the Supervisory Board, passing the financial plan and approving the annual accounts on the basis of the auditors' report.

Members of Welthungerhilfe

(permanent representative in brackets)

• German Bundestag President Dr. Norbert Lammert, Member of Parliament (Dr. Ulrich Schöler)
• CDU/CSU, Chairman Volker Kauder, Member of Parliament (Helmut Heiderich, Member of Parliament)
• SPD, Chairman Dr. Peter Struck, Member of Parliament (Gabriele Groneberg, Member of Parliament)
• FDP, Chairman Dr. Guido Westerwelle, Member of Parliament (Sibylle Laurischk, Member of Parliament)
• Bündnis 90/Die Grünen, Chairperson Renate Künast, Member of Parliament and Chairperson Fritz Kuhn, Member of Parliament (Thilo Hoppe, Member of Parliament)
• Die Linke, Chairperson Dr. Gregor Gysi, Member of Parliament (Heike Hänsel, Member of Parliament)
• German Bishops' Commissary Office, Catholic Office, Berlin, Head Prelate Dr. Karl Jüsten (Dr. Martin Bröckelmann-Simon)
• Council of the Evangelical Church in Germany, Representative Prelate Dr. Stephan Reimers (Dr. Volker Faigle, superior member of church council)
• German Wholesale Trade and Foreign Trade Association, President Anton F. Börner (Dr. Peter Haarbeck)
• German Trade Union Association, Chairman Michael Sommer (Dr. Bianca Kuhl)
• German Industry Association, President Prof. Dr.Hans-Peter Keitel (Oliver Wieck)
• German Farmers' Association, President Gerd Sonnleitner (Willi Kampmann)
• German Cooperative & Raifeissen Association, President Manfred Nüssel (Adrian Grasse)
• Federal Association for Non-Statutory Welfare Associations, President Monsignore Dr. Peter Neher (Rudi Frick)
• German Red Cross President, Dr. Rudolf Seiters (Joachim Müller)
• German Agricultural Society, President Carl-Albrecht Bartmer (Karl-Martin Lüth)
• German Nutrition Society, President Prof. Peter Stehle (Dr. Michael Krawinkel)
• Trade Union for Construction, Agriculture and Environment, Chairman Klaus Wiesehügel (Klaus Wiesehügel)
• German Journalists' Association, Chairman Michael Konken (Frauke Ancker)
• German Women Farmers' Association, President Brigitte Scherb (Dr. Evelyn Schmidtke)
• Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, Vorstand Dr. Sebastian Paust
• Internationale Weiterbildung und Entwicklung GmbH, Managing Director Dr. Sebastian Paust (Alexander Pres)
• Welthungerhilfe Promotion Society, Jürgen Dorsch (Jürgen Dorsch)
• National Federation of Skilled Crafts and Trades, President Otto Kentzler (Prof. Friedrich Esser)
• President of the Confederation of German Employers' Associations, President Dr. Dieter Hundt (Ulrich Hüttenbach)
• Congress of German Municipalities, Member of Managing Committee, Dr. Stephan Articus (Walter Leitermann)
• Federal Association of German Newspaper Publishers, President Helmut Heinen (Dietmar Wolff)
• General Association of the German Insurance Sector, General Manager Dr. Jörg Freiherr Frank von Fürstenwerth (Thomas Kräutter)