Thomas Haldenwang

Since November 2018 Haldenwang has been the president of the Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz, a German intelligence agency with the mission to fight extremist adversaries of the federal constitution.

"With violence-oriented right-wing extremists and in the radicalized corona protest milieu, no scenario can be ruled out," he said in January 2022.

"[3] In early April 2024 Haldenwang wrote an opinion piece in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung,[4] something very uncommon for presidents of the BfV.

[4] This drew criticism from several prominent journalists and commentators like Mathias Brodkorb,[6] Rupert Scholz,[7] Helmut Markwort,[8] questioning Haldenwangs understanding of democracy and his qualification as BfV president.

[10] His term as president of the BfV officially ended on 13 November 2024 with interior minister Nancy Faeser informing the parliament about his dismissal.