Nikolaus Brender

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Nikolaus Brender
Born (1949-01-24) 24 January 1949 (age 75)
Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
NationalityGerman
OccupationCommissiong editor ZDF
SpouseCarola Brender

Nikolaus Brender (born 24 January 1949) is a German journalist. He was the commissiong editor of the German public broadcasting station ZDF between 2000 and 2010.[1]

Life

Brender was born in

Munich and Hamburg, earning a Staatsexamen
degree in 1978.

In his youth, he was a member of the Christian Democrat youth organisation, the

Junge Union
; today, however, he is not affiliated with any party.

Brender has been working as a journalist since 1978, initially for the

North Rhine Westphalia, the WDR
, until 1993. Brender was then head of the department of political coverage at WDR until 1997, before being programme director of that same station. Since 1 April 2000, he has been commissiong editor of ZDF.

Controversy

Controversially, he had to quit this post in March 2010 after the extension of his contract with ZDF was denied by a majority of the station's administrative board members that are politically affiliated with the German Conservative party (the

Christian Democratic Union (CDU)
).

He was succeeded by Peter Frey.[2]

In 2014 the

constitutional court found the charter unconstitutional, and gave a deadline of 30 June 2015 for the ZDF.[3]

Family

Brender is married to Carola Brender, they have a daughter.

Awards

References

  1. ISBN 978-1-906221-04-1
    . Retrieved 9 June 2011.
  2. ^ Lawton, Michael (11 December 2009). "ZDF board settles row over editor-in-chief". Deutsche Welle. Retrieved 8 April 2014.
  3. ^ Roxborough, Scott (25 March 2014). "Court Declares Charter for German Public Broadcaster ZDF Unconstitutional". Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 8 April 2014.

External links

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