Bruno Kahl completed his Abitur in 1981 at Kardinal-Frings-Gymnasium in Bonn-Beuel and military service from 1981 until 1983, then studied law until 1988 at the University of Bonn and the University of Lausanne.
11 Facts About Bruno Kahl
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Bruno Kahl is a colonel in the Reserves of the Bundeswehr.
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In 1994, Bruno Kahl completed his second state examination at the Oberlandesgericht of Cologne, and then worked for the Confederation of German Employers' Associations.
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In 2005 in the First Merkel cabinet, Bruno Kahl served as Head of the Minister's Office and spokesman of Schauble at the Federal Ministry of the Interior, where he became head of the executive group in 2006.
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In 2008, Bruno Kahl was awarded a Doctor of Law by the University of Bonn, authoring his dissertation on elements of Catholic thought in Carl Schmitt's secular political theory.
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In 2010, Bruno Kahl followed Schauble to the Federal Ministry of Finance, where he served as head of the executive staff.
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Bruno Kahl was appointed President of the Federal Intelligence Service on 27 April 2016, effective 1 July, after the dismissal of Gerhard Schindler.
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Bruno Kahl is a member of the Christian Democratic Union of Germany.
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In February 2022, Bruno Kahl was in Ukraine when Russia invaded and had to be taken home overland in a two-day journey by special forces when the country's airspace was closed.
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Only a few days before, Bruno Kahl had declared that Putin had not yet decided whether to attack Ukraine.
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Bruno Kahl has two daughters and has been widowed since 2008.