Arne Schönbohm (born 28 July 1969) is the former president of the German

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Biography

Schönbohm was born in

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. He studied international business administration at the International School of Management in Dortmund, as well as in London and Taipei. From 1995 until 2008 Schönbohm worked at

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Germany in several senior positions, including as Vice President Commercial and Defense Solutions for EADS Secure Networks. In 2008, he set up his own consulting business. He was the chair of Cyber Security Council of Germany e.V., an association that later came under criticism for ties to Russian secret services. Appointed by

Minister of the Interior An interior minister (sometimes called a minister of internal affairs or minister of home affairs) is a cabinet official position that is responsible for internal affairs, such as public security, civil registration and identification, emergency ...

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(CDU), Schönbohm became president of the German

in 2016. In October 2022, under a new government, following a report by "satirical" ''ZDF Magazin Royale'' on

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television, alleged connections to Russian secret services came under scrutiny again. In what is called " :de:BSI-Affäre" he was released from his post shortly afterwards by the new Minister of the Interior

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(SPD) and later appointed to an equivalent post, as president of a federal academy.

Other activities

* ''Deutschland sicher im Netz'' (DSIN), Member of the Advisory Board * Foundation for Data Protection, Member of the Advisory BoardAdvisory Board
Foundation for Data Protection, Leipzig. * ''

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'', Member

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* 1969 births Living people People from Hamburg People associated with computer security 21st-century German civil servants {{Germany-bio-stub