Domestic message service: Vice President Selen

Sinan Selen, the long -time Vice President of the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BFV), is to lead the domestic message service in the future. Federal Minister of the Interior Alexander Dobrindt (CSU) decided. As could be heard from coalition circles, the post, which has been vacant since autumn last year, is one of the top posts, through whose occupation Union and the SPD wanted to talk to each other in advance. The personnel are expected to be decided in the cabinet this Wednesday. Several media had previously reported.

Vice President of the Protection of the Constitution since 2019

Selen has been Vice President of the BFV since the beginning of 2019. Previously, the Cologne team, who looked back on a long career in the security authorities, had taken care of security issues at the TUI group during a three-year trip to the private sector.

The 53-year-old had managed the authority since November 2024 together with Vice President Silke Willems. He is the first BFV president to not born in Germany. As a toddler, selenium came to Germany with his parents from Turkey.

The former President of the Federal Office, Thomas Haldenwang, announced in November that he was aiming for a candidacy for the CDU in the Bundestag election. It was known for a long time that Haldenwang soon wanted to retire. The announcement that he wanted to compete for the CDU as a direct candidate in Wuppertal came as a surprise to many. His candidacy was not successful.