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Germany: Friedrich Merz Appoints New Boss as Head of Bnd, Its Intelligence Services

Germany has a new head of its foreign intelligence service. A sign of the times, Friedrich Merz has chosen for the leadership of the BND a diplomat who knows well the countries in crisis and the political world and who must allow the organisation to deal with the various threats, Chinese or Russian.

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Germany has a new head of its foreign intelligence service. A sign of the times, Friedrich Merz has chosen for the leadership of the BND a diplomat who knows well the countries in crisis and the political world and who must allow the organisation to deal with the various threats, Chinese or Russian.

·Paris, France
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Lean Right

Martin Jäger takes over the BND. Federal Chancellor Merz promises political support and more "Risikes" for the intelligence service.

·Berlin, Germany
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Friedrich Merz has personally introduced Martin Jäger into office as the new BND chief. This is unusual and is intended to demonstrate: In conflict with Russia, Germany is building on competitive agents.

·Munich, Germany
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Left

»Best prepared«: inauguration of the new BND boss in Berlin. Merz demands »highest level«. Green drums for »security offensive«.

Center

The BND was repeatedly criticized. The foreign intelligence service is said to have provided information too late and too bad. Since today he has a new boss: Martin Jäger, so far ambassador in Ukraine. By Gabor Halasz.[more]]>

·Hamburg, Germany
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Here you will find information on the topic "Secret Services". Read now "Crisis Diplomat Jäger is supposed to make BND even more powerful".

·Germany
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Deutschlandfunk broke the news in Germany on Thursday, September 11, 2025.
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