Thomas Kunze

He received his Ph.D. in 1991 and was awarded an Honorary Professorship from the Presidential Academy in Tashkent and State Al-Khorezmi University in Urgench, Uzbekistan.

He is Honorary Ambassador for Eastern Europe, Russia and Middle Asia at the Swiss-German Institute for Theoretical and Artistic Reenactment (IIPM), Zürich/ Berlin.

Since 2002 Kunze has been working for the politically affiliated research foundation Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (has ties to the Christian Democratic Union (Germany), of which he is a member).

Kunze is an advocate of closer German-Russian relations and stands for the abolition of visa barriers between the EU and Russia.

He supports cooperation with the Russian Orthodox Church, coordination between Russia and Germany in the field of IT and digitalisation, education.