Dr. August HANNING State Secretary ret.; Former President, BND - German Federal Intelligence Service, Berlin
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| 1966 | Law studies in Münster (Westphalia) and Freiburg (Breisgau) |
| 1971 | Judicial clerkship and research assistant |
| 1975 | Conferral of the doctorate Dr. jur.; assistant lecturer at Münster University |
| 1976 | Fiscal authority of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia |
| 1977 | Desk officer at Federal Ministry of the Interior |
| 1981 | Desk officer at Federal Chancellery |
| 1986 | Head of Division at Permanent Mission of the FRG to the then GDR in East Berlin |
| 1994 | Team leader at Federal Chancellery |
| 1996 | Director-General at Federal Chancellery (Federal Intelligence Service/BND and coordinator of the intelligence services of the federation) |
| 1998 | President of the Bundesnachrichtendienst, BND (German Foreign Intelligence Service) |
| 2005 | State secretary at Federal Ministry of the Interior until 2009 |
| 2010 | Legal Attorney, Consultant |
