Verena Metze-Mangold (born 7 October 1946) is a German political scientist,. journalist, and the former president of the

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Early life

Verena Metze-Mangold was born in Kassel on 7 October 1946. Verena Metze-Mangold holds a PhD in political science, sociology and history.

Career

Metze-Mangold is an expert in intercultural communication who specialises in the freedom of the press and information, media and network policy, international law and WTO. Metze-Mangold headed the Protestant Media Academy (cpa) at the Gemeinschaftswerk der Evangelischen Publizistik (GEP) in Frankfurt from 1976 to 1987. From 1987 to 2011, Metze-Mangold working in the directorate of Hessischer Rundfunk, where she was head of press and public relations until 1993 From 1997 to 2014, Metze-Mangold was the vice president of the German Commission for UNESCO, which she had been a member of since 1982. Between 2014 and 2018, Metze-Mangold was the president of the German Commission for UNESCO. On 19 October 2019, Metze-Mangold was awarded the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany for her voluntary work. In 2019, Metze-Mangold joined the advisory board of

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References

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