US EditionAmbassador to Ukraine Jäger to Become Germany's New Spy Chief
- Martin Jäger, who has served as Germany’s ambassador to Ukraine since 2023, is reported to be appointed as the next president of the Federal Intelligence Service .
- This change follows Bruno Kahl’s planned move to become ambassador to the Vatican amid government plans to reorganize and increase BND funding.
- Jäger, a member of the CDU, previously served as ambassador to Iraq, finance ministry spokesperson, and state secretary at the Ministry of the Interior.
- The BND operates under the chancellery and is tasked with foreign intelligence gathering, with proposed plans to expand its spying and technical reconnaissance capabilities.
- Jäger’s appointment and the agency’s planned strengthening reflect the government’s intent to enhance intelligence amid ongoing security challenges.
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Jäger is regarded as a test of crisis, well connected and experienced. He is supposed to replace Bruno Kahl as head of the Federal Intelligence Service. The Chancellery is silent about personality – for the time being.
The Federal Information Service (BND) will have a new head. According to the information Der Spiegel, it's about Martin Jäger, now Ambassador of Germany to Kiev. Changing to the top of the German foreign information service is the result of a...
Ex-promis of social democracy spark a dispute over German foreign policy. The intelligence service BND gets a new boss. And after the rampage in Graz, all injured are in a stable state. That is the situation on Wednesday evening.
Martin Jäger is to lead the Federal Intelligence Service, as the successor to Bruno Kahl. He is regarded as a crisis-stricken diplomat – and will have to deal with new threats.
At the head of the German foreign intelligence service there is a new face: Martin Jäger is supposed to take over the management of the BND according to a report. He brings with him experience from various sources of crisis worldwide.
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