Overview
- Delegates at the state assembly in Deggendorf chose the 67-year-old for a four-year term, with more than three quarters backing his sole candidacy.
- He set priorities of rebuilding trust through calmer, more transparent governance and keeping disagreements inside the organization.
- New vice presidents Mechthilde Wittmann and Andreas Hanna-Krahl were also elected with strong majorities.
- Weisky highlighted stable funding for district chapters, legal parity for volunteers’ time off, and stronger support for recruitment as early tasks.
- Bavaria’s interior minister opened the meeting and reaffirmed cooperation, pointing to the new civil protection agency as a key partner for the BRK.