Overview
- Weisky, 67, was chosen by roughly 400 delegates in Deggendorf for a four-year term on Saturday.
- He succeeds Angelika Schorer, who opted not to run again after reported internal disputes over leadership and communication.
- Interior Minister Joachim Herrmann opened the assembly and pledged continued state backing through the new Landesamt für Bevölkerungsschutz to strengthen rescue and disaster-response structures.
- The BRK operates with about 200,000 volunteers, more than 31,000 employees, and 750,000 supporting members across services from ambulance and mountain and water rescue to welfare and public health.
- Mechthilde Wittmann, a CSU member of the Bundestag, was elected vice president.