Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz
The Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz (BfV)(Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution) is Germany's domestic security agency.[1]
Contents
History
In July 2012, BfV head Heinz Fromm resigned over the destruction of documents related to BFV's investigation of a far-right group, the National Socialist Underground.[2]
In February 2014, Der Spiegel reported that the BfV planned to increase counterintelligence work against the US and Britain in response to revelations of spying on Germany by its western allies.[3]
People
Presidents of the BfV
- Dr Otto John 01.12.1950 - 20.07.1954
- Dr Hanns Jess 26.07.1954 - 31.07.1955 (provisional incumbency)
- Hubert Schrübbers 01.08.1955 - 30.04.1972
- Dr Günther Nollau 01.05.1972 - 31.08.1975
- Dr Richard Meier 01.09.1975 - 26.04.1983
- Heribert Hellenbroich 13.05.1983 - 31.07.1985
- Dr Holger Pfahls 01.08.1985 - 01.04.1987
- Gerhard Boeden 09.04.1987 - 28.02.1991
- Dr Eckart Werthebach 28.02.1991 - 27.07.1995
- Dr Hansjörg Geiger 01.08.1995 - 15.05.1996
- Dr Peter Frisch 15.05.1996 - 10.04.2000
- Heinz Fromm 01.06.2000 - 31.07.2012
- Dr Hans-Georg Maaßen 01.08.2012-
Vice Presidents of the BfV
- Albert Radtke 20.09.1950 - 31.07.1964
- Dr Ernst Brückner 01.08.1964 - 30.11.1966
- Dr Günther Nollau 01.12.1966 - 31.08.1970
- Werner Smoydzin 01.09.1970 - 30.04.1972
- Johannes Bardenhewer 01.05.1972 - 11.05.1981
- Heribert Hellenbroich 25.06.1981 - 13.05.1983
- Dr Stefan Eckardt Pelny 16.05.1983 - 01.04.1987
- Dr Peter Frisch 09.04.1987 - 15.05.1996
- Klaus-Dieter Fritsche 07.10.1996 - 30.11.2005
- Elmar Remberg 01.02.2006 - 28.02.2010
- Dr Alexander Eisvogel 03.05.2010 - 31.07.2013
- Thomas Haldenwang since 01.08.2013[4]
External Resources
- Helen Pidd, Germany shocked by secret service link to rightwing terror cell, guardian.co.uk, 15 November 2011.
- Helen Pidd, Neo-Nazi terror scandal grows in Germany, guardian.co.uk, 22 November 2011.
- German spies accused of racism, Islamophobia, The Local, 22 March 2013.
Notes
- ↑ Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz/BfV)., accessed 22 November 2011.
- ↑ Errors in Neo-Nazi Investigation: German Spy Chief Quits over Botched Terror Probe, SpiegelOnline, 2 July 2012.
- ↑ NSA-Affäre: Regierung plant Einsatz von Spionageabwehr gegen USA, Der Spiegel, 16 February 2014.
- ↑ History, Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz, accessed 16 February 2014.
