Overview
- The federal government informed media on Monday that it intends to name Katharina von Schnurbein and will present the personnel proposal to the cabinet for decision later this week.
- The post has been vacant since Felix Klein left to become Germany’s permanent representative to the OECD at the end of August, with parliamentary secretaries covering the role in the meantime.
- Von Schnurbein has served as the European Commission’s coordinator on antisemitism since 2015 and is expected to relocate from Brussels to Berlin before the end of the month.
- Her selection follows a months-long search that considered Bavarian and judicial candidates and included negotiation breakdowns that prolonged the vacancy.
- The commissioner’s office coordinates government measures against antisemitism and acts as an interlocutor for Jewish communities, a role that has grown in prominence because of rising antisemitic crimes and security concerns since October 2023.