Ruediger Lentz

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name = Ruediger Lentz


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order = Bureau Chief, Deutsche Welle


birth_date = birth date and age|1947|09|21
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profession = Journalist
spouse = Birgitt Lentz
children = Katrin, Friederike Sophie

Ruediger Lentz

Bureau Chief and Senior Diplomatic Correspondent
[http://www.dw-world.de Deutsche Welle] Radio and Television, Washington, D.C.

Career

As the representative of Germany's only international broadcaster in the US he manages
all journalistic, public diplomacy, marketing and regulatory affairs.
Prior to his job in Washington he was Bureau Chief in "Brussels" for six years, responsible for DW's
radio and TV-coverage of the creation of the Euro and the enlargement of NATO and the EU.

Before the launch of Deutsche Welle TV he was the editor in Chief of RIAS-TV in Berlin, a joint US-German
Radio and TV Station, which he joined in 1988. His career as a journalist started in 1976, when he joined
[http://www.spiegel.de "Der Spiegel"'] ', Germany's weekly news magazine, as a correspondent for military and security affairs.

In 1981 he became a TV reporter, national commentator and presenter of a weekly TV-special on world wide affairs
with [http://www.ard.de ARD] , Germany's largest public TV and Radio station. Throughout his career as a TV journalist he has
interviewed numerous international politicians and business leaders. Among them: Chancellor Schmidt, Kohl and
Schroeder, President Bush (senior), President Koehler, President Kwasniewski, CEO Pierer (Siemens), Piech (VW),
Larry Summers (Treasury), Bishop Tutu, Colonel Gaddafi, UN-Secretary Boutros-Ghali, UN-Secretary Ban Ki-Moon,
Premier Rabin and many others.

Lectures

Lentz is a frequent lecturer at [http://www.harvard.edu Harvard University] , [http://www.georgetown.edu Georgetown University] , the Foreign Service Institute
(US Department of State), UCLA and other institutions about transatlantic relations, security policy and media related issues.

Associations

Lentz is the Vice President of the [http://www.gabcwashington.com GABC] (German American Business Council) and a member of
the [http://www.atlantik-bruecke.org Atlantikbruecke] - a German-American Foundation to enhance transatlantic relations.

Education

He studied political science, history and economics at [http://www.uni-hamburg.de Hamburg University] during
his tenure as a career officer in the Federal Armed Forces.

Family life

Lentz resides in Arlington, VA with his wife Birgitt Lentz. He has two daughters:

*Katrin, who lives and works in Koeln, Germany

*Friederike Sophie, who lives and works in Washington, D.C.