Overview

• Siggelkow announced his candidacy on Sunday in a LinkedIn post for the September 2026 Berlin Abgeordnetenhaus election.
• The 61-year-old pastor leads the Christian children’s charity Die Arche, which reports 34 locations serving up to 10,000 children in Germany, Poland and Switzerland.
• He founded the first Arche soup kitchen in Berlin-Hellersdorf in 1995 as a contact point for neglected children.
• He pledged "citizen-oriented, authentic and competent" politics that listens, builds bridges and creates solutions.
• He has received the Berlin Order of Merit, the Federal Cross of Merit and, in November 2024, a Bambi for lifetime achievement.