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Dr Sabine Fandrych

Secretary General

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Short CV

Dr Sabine Fandrych studied political science, ethnology and Portuguese linguistics at the LMU Munich. She completed her doctorate at the Institute for Political Science at the University of Hamburg in 2000. Between 2000 and 2007, she was head of the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) office in Angola and consultant for organisational development and reintegration policy at GIZ. From 2007 to 2010, Ms Fandrych headed the FES office in Ethiopia and at the African Union. In 2010, she joined the FES in Germany as head of the FES office in Baden-Württemberg. From 2017 to 2021, she headed the department of the FES Political Academy in Bonn. She has been a member of the Executive Board and Secretary General of the FES since July 2021.


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FES management team

Dr Sabine Fandrych, who was elected as Secretary General with effect from 1 July 2021, forms the management team of the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung e.V. together with Martin Schulz. Both were last confirmed in their roles in December 2022.


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