Ulrich Wilhelm

Ulrich Wilhelm (born 8 July 1961 in Munich^[1]) is a German lawyer and journalist who has been serving as director of the Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR) since 2011.

Ulrich Wilhelm
Speaker of Government
In office 2005–2010
Chancellor	Angela Merkel
Preceded by	Béla Anda
Succeeded by	Steffen Seibert
Personal details
Born	(1961-07-08) 8 July 1961 (age 64) Munich,  West Germany
Profession	Lawyer

Career

On 19 March 2015 the Rundfunkrat des Bayerischen Rundfunks chose him for a second term by 31 January 2021.^[2] From 2005 to 2010 William was Chief of the Federal Press Office and Government Spokesman of State (Regierungssprecher) for the Cabinet of Germany (the First Merkel cabinet as well the Second Merkel cabinet).^[3]

Wilhelm took over the rotating chairmanship of the ARD in 2018 for two years.^[4] In 2020, he announced that he would not extend his contract with BR beyond 2021.^[5]

Other activities

• acatech, Member of the Board of Trustees^[6]
• American Academy in Berlin, Member of the Board of Trustees^[7]
• BMW Foundation, Member of the Board of Trustees^[8]
• Civis media prize, Ex-Officio Member of the Board of Trustees^[9]
• Deutsche Post Stiftung, Member of the Scientific Council^[10]
• Fazit-Stiftung, Chair of the Board of Trustees^[11]
• Frank Schirrmacher Foundation, Member of the Advisory Board^[12]
• Institute of Bavarian History, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Member of the Board of Trustees^[13]
• Kissinger Sommer, Member of the Board of Trustees^[14]
• Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings, Member of the Honorary Senate^[15]
• Petersburger Dialog [de], Member
• Roland Berger Foundation, Member of the Board of Trustees^[16]
• Senckenberg Nature Research Society, Member of the Board of Trustees^[17]
• Technical University of Munich (TUM), Member of the Board of Trustees^[18]
• University of Erlangen-Nuremberg (FAU), Member of the Board of Trustees^[19]

Recognition

Wilhelm was appointed in 2007 as a commander with a star of the Royal Norwegian Confederation.