Maybrit Illner (née Klose; born 12 January 1965) is a German journalist and television presenter.
Besides, she moderated the TV election debates between Chancellor Gerhard Schröder and his challengers Edmund Stoiber (2002) and Angela Merkel (2005).
[1] As successor to Steffen Seibert, Illner anchored ZDF's news show heute-journal from September 2010 until December 2012, in rotation with Claus Kleber and Marietta Slomka.
[2] Ahead of the 2017 elections, she moderated the debate between Merkel and Martin Schulz, this time with Kloeppel, Sandra Maischberger and Claus Strunz.
She married René Obermann, at that time CEO of Deutsche Telekom, on 14 August 2010 at Schloss Ulrichshusen.