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02.12.2016 | Press Release

Welthungerhilfe Elects New Supervisory Board

Bärbel Dieckmann confirmed as President

Bärbel Dieckmann, Präsidentin der Welthungerhilfe
Bärbel Dieckmann, President of Welthungerhilfe © Barbara Frommann, Welthungerhilfe
Simone Pott Team Communications

Yesterday, the Welthungerhilfe General Assembly of Members elected its new honorary Supervisory Board. Bärbel Dieckmann was confirmed as president and Prof Dr Joachim von Braun, Director of the Center of Development Research (ZEF) of Bonn University, was re-elected as her deputy.

"In times of major crises, it is important that Welthungerhilfe puts the fight against the global hunger in the center of its work. The Supervisory Board is convinced that together with the Board of Directors and all staff members worldwide we can make an important contribution to eradicate hunger by 2030", Bärbel Dieckmann says.

Three new members have been elected into the seven members committee: Rita Lanius-Heck, member of Supervisory Board at Deutscher Landfrauenverband (German Rural Women's Association), Prof Dr Conrad Justus Schetter, scientific Director of Bonn International Center for Conversion (BICC) and Amadou Diallo, CEO of DHL Freight, Land- and Rail Transport. Norbert Geisler and Dr Tobias Schulz-Isenbeck, member of Board of Directors at Limbach Group SE, will continue their work in the Supervisory Board.

Welthungerhilfe is one of the largest private aid organisations in Germany; politically independent and non-denominational. It is fighting for ‘Zero Hunger by 2030’. Since its establishment, more than 8,500 overseas projects in 70 countries have been supported with 3.27 billion euros. Welthungerhilfe works on the basic principle of empowering people to help themselves: from rapid disaster relief to reconstruction and long-term development cooperation projects with national and international partner organisations.

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