New head of the protection of the constitution: Dobrindt is looking for the stranger!

New head of the protection of the constitution: Dobrindt is looking for the stranger!

Köln, Deutschland - On May 24, 2025, the search for a new head of the Federal Constitutional Protection (BFV) is in full swing. Federal Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt (CSU) set the course for the successor of Thomas Haldenwang, whose term of office was characterized by controversy. Haldenwang, who sought a political mandate for the CDU, had to bury his ambitions after being faced with several scandals in the past.

A central criticism of Haldenwang is his public appearance. welt.de emphasizes that an effective constitutional protection boss should work in the background frequently was present in public and staged as a patron of the Basic Law. This strategy was considered insufficient by many, especially with regard to the classification of the AfD as a right -wing extremist party. Haldenwang came under pressure when his commissioned expert opinion about the AfD met with criticism.

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At the beginning of May 2025, the AfD was classified by the BFV as secured right -wing extremist. This decision resulted from the view that the party propagates ethnic thinking and hostility to Muslim. The AfD reacted immediately with legal steps against this classification and received a recovery commitment to the provisional suspension from the Cologne Administrative Court.

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The President of the Constitution has not been in office since mid -November 2024, since Haldenwang regularly retired after he had resigned his official business in November 2024. In the meantime, Silke Willems and Sinan Selen lead the BFV temporarily. While the conversations for the successor to Haldenwang are constant, it is of central importance for Dobrindt to find a candidate who is not only trained and experienced, but can also be competent in dealing with the AfD and other extremist movements. DW reports on the political neutrality of the protection of the constitution .

Special attention could be paid to a new management concept that strives to secure sensitive information and a clear separation of political influences. It remains unclear whether and when a final report or a respectable successor for Haldenwang can be presented.