Reinhard Dieter Grindel (born 19 September 1961) is a German journalist, politician (CDU) and football administrator.

On 15 April 2016, he was elected president of the German Football Association (DFB) and resigned as member of parliament.

Grindel was born in Hamburg where he also went to school and studied law after obtaining a grant from the Konrad Adenauer Foundation.

[4] Grindel's handling of the fallout was also criticised by Matt Pearson of Deutsche Welle, who opined that comments Grindel made in 2004 calling multiculturalism "a myth and a lifelong lie" were incompatible with his role at the DFB, stating "it doesn't seem appropriate for him to continue in a position where he's overseeing players and coaches from a variety of backgrounds".

The reason he gave for his resignation was his criticism of himself after accepting a luxury watch from Hryhoriy Surkis, a Ukrainian oligarch and sports administrator.

One accusation was, among other things, the lack of mention of additional income when he took up his post as chairman of the supervisory board of the association's so-called "media management company".