N A MES ,ADD R ESSES, P UBLIC A TIONS IN THIS CHAPTER: THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, MEMBERS AND TRUSTEES OF THE KAS AS WELL AS THE ADDRESSES OF THE KAS FIELD OFFICES AND PUBLICATIONS IN PRINT AND ONLINE. BOarD OF DIRECTORS OF THE KONraD-ADENAUER-STIF TUNG ChaIRMAN FURTHER BOarD MEMBERS 59 Professor Dr. Bernhard Vogel Otto Bernhardt MdB Former prime minister Chairman of the of the Free State of Thuringia Hermann-Ehlers-Stiftung Hermann Gröhe MdB DEPUTY ChaIRS Minister of State at the Federal Chancellery Anton Pfeifer Former minister of state Peter Hintze MdB Parliamentary State Secretary Professor Dr. Norbert at the Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology Lammert MP On 6 June 2008 the general membership TIONS President of the German Bundestag meeting elected State Secretary Michael A Volker Kauder MdB Thielen the new secretary general of Professor Dr. Beate Neuss Chairman of the CDU/CSU parliamentary the foundation. He was born in Prüm in Professor of International Relations group in the German Bundestag UBLIC 1959, studied political science, modern P at Chemnitz University of Technology history and philosophy. After stints with Eckart von Klaeden MdB the CDU/CSU parliamentary group, as Foreign policy spokesman of the the head of the ministerial office and CDU/CSU parliamentary group TrEASURER the policy planning group at the Federal E S S E S, in the German Bundestag Ministry for Education, Research, Science R Dr. Franz Schoser and Technology under Jürgen Rüttgers, Treasurer of the Dr. Helmut Kohl and as head of department in the CDU’s , A D D Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung Former German chancellor federal headquarters, he was a state secretary at the German Ministry of Dr. Hermann Kues MdB MES Education and Research from January A SECRETarY GENEraL Parliamentary State Secretary 2006 until November 2008. N at the Federal Ministry of Family Affairs, Michael Thielen Senior Citizens, Women and Youth Christine Lieberknecht MdL Minister of Health, Family and Social Affairs of the Free State of Thuringia Dr. Angela Merkel MdB German Chancellor Hildegard Müller Chairwoman of the German Association for Energy and Water Ronald Pofalla MdB CDU Secretary General Professor Dr. Hans-Gert Pöttering MEP President of the European Parliament Professor Dr. Günter Rinsche Former chairman of the CDU/CSU group in the European People‘s Party in the European Parliament Professor Dr. Andreas Rödder Professor of Contemporary History at the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz Dr. Norbert Röttgen MdB First Parliamentary Secretary of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group in the German Bundestag Professor Dr. Hans-Peter Schwarz Former director of the political science department of the University of Bonn Up to date as of 3 November 2008.