Overview

• Mansoori told the Landtag committee that he fired Messari-Becker in July 2024 due to a “compelling loss of trust” over claims she pressured her daughter’s school for a higher Abitur grade.
• His chief of staff testified she documented alleged misconduct on lawyers’ advice to prepare the ministry for potential legal action.
• SPD Staatssekretär Umut Sönmez praised Messari-Becker’s scientific expertise but said she struggled to admit mistakes, recalling a dispute at an energy ministers conference.
• Messari-Becker has consistently denied the accusations, challenged her dismissal in court and lost at the Wiesbaden Administrative Court.
• Public hearings are wrapping up in the Hessian Landtag and Mansoori’s late-afternoon testimony sets the stage for the committee’s final report.