Hans-Georg Maassen

Firings

Sep 18, 2018

Age at event · 55

Position · President

Comments · Hans-Georg Maassen was removed as president of Germany's domestic intelligence service on 18 September 2018 after a dispute over his comments on far-right violence.

1. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-09-18/merkel-seeks-to-break-german-political-gridlock-over-spy-chief Sep 18, 2018
2. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-germany-protests-spy/germany-ousts-spymaster-over-far-right-violence-row-idUSKCN1LY2G5 Sep 18, 2018
3. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/sep/24/germany-merkels-coalition-solves-spymaster-dispute-that-rattled-government Sep 18, 2018