Overview

• In her new role, she will oversee media relations and lead the press department at the Bundesministerium für wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung under SPD minister Reem Alabali-Radovan.
• Abboud confirmed her appointment on her Instagram account by sharing the ministry’s official press release.
• She built her broadcasting career at ZDF beginning in 2016 and served as a moderator for ARD’s Tagesthemen from 2021 to 2024.
• Her fluency in Arabic and her bicultural heritage—daughter of a Lebanese father and an East Berliner mother—align with the ministry’s focus on international cooperation.
• After becoming a mother in April 2024 and relocating her family to Berlin, she opted not to return to Tagesthemen following her parental leave.