Peter Gert Johannes Kloeppel (born 14 October 1958) is a German journalist and former chief editor of RTL Television.

From 1985 onwards, Kloeppel worked at RTL's Bonn studio, before becoming the network's first correspondent in New York, covering the Gulf War in 1990 and 1991.

In April 1992, Kloeppel became head anchor of the RTL evening news, and from 1994 on covered all federal and state elections in Germany.

Kloeppel gained fame and respect for his enduring coverage of the September 11 terrorist attacks in 2001; he remained on air all night and the following morning, not sleeping for more than 24 hours, and was later awarded the prestigious Grimme Preis.

[2][3] Together with Pinar Atalay, he later moderated one of three TV debates between the three candidates to succeed Merkel – Annalena Baerbock, Armin Laschet and Olaf Scholz – ahead of the 2021 elections.