Members of WHH
WHH's members are responsible for guidelines and supervision.
The General Assembly decides on the guidelines for the activities of Welthungerhilfe. It is responsible for electing the Board of Directors, passing the annual budget and approving the annual accounts on the basis of the auditors' report.
Members of Deutsche Welthungerhilfe e. V. include the President of the German Bundestag, the chairpersons of the parliamentary groups in the Bundestag as well as churches, associations and federations. They send delegates to the annual General Assembly.
Members of the Association
(Permanent representative in brackets)
- German Parliament, President Bärbel Bas, Member of Parliament (Dr Silke Albin)
- CDU/CSU parliamentary group, Chairperson Friedrich Merz, MP (Volkmar Klein, MP)
- SPD parliamentary group, Chairperson Dr Rolf Mützenich, MP (Manuel Gava, MP)
- FDP parliamentary group, Chairperson Christian Dürr, MP (Dr Christoph Hoffmann, MP)
- Alliance 90/The Greens parliamentary group, Chairperson Katharina Dröge, MP and Chairperson Britta Haßelmann, MP (Deborah Düring, MP)
- The Left parliamentary group, Chairperson Amira Mohamed Ali, MP, and Chairperson Dr. Dietmar Bartsch, MP (Żaklin Nastić, MP)
- Commissariat of German Bishops (Catholic Office, Berlin), Head Prelate Dr Karl Jüsten (Kerstin Düsch)
- Council of the Evangelical Church in Germany, Representative Prelate Anne Gidion (Representative Prelate Anne Gidion)
- German Rural Youth Association (BDL), National Chairpersons Kathrin Muus and Jan Hägerling (Anne-Kathrin Meister)
- Federation of German Wholesale, Foreign Trade and Services (BGA), President Dr. Dirk Jandura (Sebastian Werren)
- German Trade Union Confederation (DGB), Chairperson Yasmin Fahimi (Frank Zach)
- Federation of German Industries (BDI), President Siegfried Russwurm (Matthias Wachter)
- German Farmers' Association (DBV), President Joachim Rukwied (Bernhard Krüsken)
- DGRV – the German Cooperative and Raiffeisen Confederation, President Franz-Josef Holzenkamp (Dr. Andreas Wieg)
- Federal Association of Non-statutory Welfare (BAGFW), President Ulrich Lilie (Rudi Frick) GRC –
- German Red Cross, President Gerda Hasselfeldt (Christof Johnen)
- DLG - German Agricultural Society, President Hubertus Paetow (Dr. Reinhard Grandke)
- German Nutrition Society (DGE), Prof Dr Jakob Linseisen (Prof Dr Jakob Linseisen)
- IG BAU – trade union for the construction, agriculture and environment, Chairperson Robert Feiger (Robert Feiger)
- German Federation of Journalists, Chairperson Prof Dr Frank Überall (Katrin Kroemer)
- dlv – German Rural Women's Association, President Petra Bentkämper (Jutta Kuhles)
- GIZ – The German Society for International Cooperation, Chairperson Tanja Gönner (Karin Kortmann)
- Förderkreis des Deutschen Welthungerhilfe e. V., Simon Hofmann (Kaspar Portz)
- National Federation of Skilled Crafts (ZDH), President Peter Wollseifer (Dr Peter Weiss)
- Confederation of German Employers' Associations (BDA), President Dr. Rainer Dulger (Ulrich Hüttenbach)
- German Association of Cities, President Markus Lewe (Sabine Drees)
- German Newspaper Publishers and Digitalpublishers Association, President Dr Mathias Döpfner (Sigrun Albert)
- German Insurance Association (GDV), President Dr Wolfgang Weiler (Thomas Kräutter)
