Peter Limbourg (born 7 July 1960) is a German broadcast journalist and the Director General of ''

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''.

Career

Alongside

Peter Kloeppel Peter Gert Johannes Kloeppel (born 14 October 1958) is a German journalist and former chief editor of RTL Television. He is chief anchor of RTL's flagship daily television news program '' RTL aktuell''. Early life and education Kloeppel was b ...

, Limbourg moderated the first of two TV election debates between

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and his challenger

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ahead of the 2002 elections, which was aired live on two of Germany's private television channels during prime-time. Between 2008 and 2013, Limbourg was the main presenter of daily news show '' SAT.1 News''. In addition, he served as Editor-in-Chief of N24 (2008–2010) and as Information Director of

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(2010–2013). In September 2016, Limbourg condemned

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for confiscating the recording of a ''

'' interview with Youth and Sports Minister Akif Çağatay Kılıç at his office in Ankara, arguing that the seizure of the video tape was "a blatant violation of press freedom." ''

'' reporter

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had asked Kılıç questions about July's attempted coup, mass layoffs and arrests that followed the failed putsch, and the media situation and the position of women in Turkey.

Other activities

* Aktion Deutschland Hilft (Germany's Relief Coalition), Member of the Board of Trustees * Bonner Akademie für Forschung und Lehre praktischer Politik (BAPP), Member of the Board of Trustees * Civis Media Foundation, Member of the Board of Trustees (since 2013) * International Journalists’ Programmes (IJP), Member of the Board of Trustees * Konrad Adenauer Prize, Member of the Advisory Board * RIAS Berlin Commission, Co-chairman (alongside David Reinert)Members of the Commission
RIAS Berlin Commission. * Reporters Without Borders Germany, Member of the Board of Trustees (until 2014)

References

External links

* Living people 1960 births German television talk show hosts German television presenters German television journalists German male journalists 20th-century German journalists 21st-century German journalists Sat.1 people Deutsche Welle {{Germany-journalist-stub