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Germany names Knut Abraham as new Poland Coordinator

His background as a former envoy to Warsaw highlights Berlin’s push for deeper grassroots ties in the Oder-Neisse border region.

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Overview

  • Knut Abraham has been appointed the German Federal Government’s Poland Coordinator.
  • A CDU Bundestag member since 2021, he represents the Elbe-Elster/Oberspreewald-Lausitz district in Brandenburg.
  • Abraham previously served as envoy at the German embassy in Warsaw and worked within the German-Polish Parliamentary Group.
  • He succeeds SPD politician Dietmar Nietan, following a tenure that began under former Brandenburg Minister President Dietmar Woidke.
  • Abraham has pledged to strengthen civil society exchange and tackle joint political, economic and cultural challenges along the Oder and Neisse rivers.