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The [[Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz]] (Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution) is Germany's domestic security agency.<ref>[http://www.verfassungsschutz.de/en/index_en.html Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz/BfV).], accessed 22 November 2011.</ref>
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The [[Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz]] (BfV)(Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution) is Germany's domestic security agency.<ref>[http://www.verfassungsschutz.de/en/index_en.html Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz/BfV).], accessed 22 November 2011.</ref>
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==History==
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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]].<ref>[http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/german-spy-chief-resigns-over-neo-nazi-terrorist-investigation-a-842060.html Errors in Neo-Nazi Investigation: German Spy Chief Quits over Botched Terror Probe], ''SpiegelOnline'', 2 July 2012.</ref>
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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.<ref>[http://www.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/nsa-affaere-regierung-plant-einsatz-von-spionageabwehr-gegen-usa-a-953734.html NSA-Affäre: Regierung plant Einsatz von Spionageabwehr gegen USA], ''Der Spiegel'', 16 February 2014.</ref>
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==People==
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===Presidents of the BfV===
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*Dr [[Otto John]] 01.12.1950 - 20.07.1954
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*Dr [[Hanns Jess]] 26.07.1954 - 31.07.1955 (provisional incumbency)
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*[[Hubert Schrübbers]] 01.08.1955 - 30.04.1972
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*Dr [[Günther Nollau]] 01.05.1972 - 31.08.1975
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*Dr [[Richard Meier]] 01.09.1975 - 26.04.1983
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*[[Heribert Hellenbroich]] 13.05.1983 - 31.07.1985
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*Dr [[Holger Pfahls]] 01.08.1985 - 01.04.1987
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*[[Gerhard Boeden]] 09.04.1987 - 28.02.1991
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*Dr [[Eckart Werthebach]] 28.02.1991 - 27.07.1995
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*Dr [[Hansjörg Geiger]] 01.08.1995 - 15.05.1996
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*Dr [[Peter Frisch]] 15.05.1996 - 10.04.2000
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*[[Heinz Fromm]] 01.06.2000 - 31.07.2012
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*Dr [[Hans-Georg Maaßen]] 01.08.2012-
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===Vice Presidents of the BfV===
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*[[Albert Radtke]] 20.09.1950 - 31.07.1964
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*Dr [[Ernst Brückner]] 01.08.1964 - 30.11.1966
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*Dr [[Günther Nollau]] 01.12.1966 - 31.08.1970
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*[[Werner Smoydzin]] 01.09.1970 - 30.04.1972
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*[[Johannes Bardenhewer]] 01.05.1972 - 11.05.1981
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*[[Heribert Hellenbroich]] 25.06.1981 - 13.05.1983
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*Dr [[Stefan Eckardt Pelny]] 16.05.1983 - 01.04.1987
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*Dr [[Peter Frisch]] 09.04.1987 - 15.05.1996
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*[[Klaus-Dieter Fritsche]] 07.10.1996 - 30.11.2005
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*[[Elmar Remberg]] 01.02.2006 - 28.02.2010
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*Dr [[Alexander Eisvogel]] 03.05.2010 - 31.07.2013
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*[[Thomas Haldenwang]] since 01.08.2013<ref>[http://www.verfassungsschutz.de/en/about-the-bfv/history History], Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz, accessed 16 February 2014.</ref>
  
 
==External Resources==
 
==External Resources==
 
*Helen Pidd, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/nov/15/germany-neo-nazi-terror-cell-doner-killings Germany shocked by secret service link to rightwing terror cell], guardian.co.uk, 15 November 2011.
 
*Helen Pidd, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/nov/15/germany-neo-nazi-terror-cell-doner-killings Germany shocked by secret service link to rightwing terror cell], guardian.co.uk, 15 November 2011.
 
*Helen Pidd, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/nov/16/german-neo-nazi-security-service-scandal Neo-Nazi terror scandal grows in Germany], guardian.co.uk, 22 November 2011.
 
*Helen Pidd, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/nov/16/german-neo-nazi-security-service-scandal Neo-Nazi terror scandal grows in Germany], guardian.co.uk, 22 November 2011.
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*[http://www.thelocal.de/national/20130322-48693.html#.UVVs1Bx7KSq German spies accused of racism, Islamophobia], ''The Local'', 22 March 2013.
  
 
==Notes==
 
==Notes==

Latest revision as of 16:59, 16 February 2014

The Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz (BfV)(Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution) is Germany's domestic security agency.[1]

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

Vice Presidents of the BfV

External Resources

Notes

  1. ↑ Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz/BfV)., accessed 22 November 2011.
  2. ↑ Errors in Neo-Nazi Investigation: German Spy Chief Quits over Botched Terror Probe, SpiegelOnline, 2 July 2012.
  3. ↑ NSA-Affäre: Regierung plant Einsatz von Spionageabwehr gegen USA, Der Spiegel, 16 February 2014.
  4. ↑ History, Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz, accessed 16 February 2014.
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