
Photo: Marc Darchinger
Selected Speakers 2011-2018
Every year, the Berlin Foreign Policy Forum brings together an international circle of over 200 high-ranking politicians, government officials, journalists and experts from Europe, the Middle East, Asia and the United States.
On this page, you will find a selection of previous speakers at the Berlin Forum.

Fatou Bensouda, Prosecutor, International Criminal Court Photo: Marc Darchinger 
Rose Gottemoeller, Deputy Secretary General, North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Photo: Marc Darchinger 
Ursula von der Leyen, Federal Minister of Defence, Federal Republic of Germany Photo: Marc Darchinger

Anders Fogh Rasmussen, former Secretary General, North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Photo: Marc Darchinger 
Cem Özdemir, MP, Co-Chair, Alliance 90/The Greens Photo: Marc Darchinger 
Nathalie Tocci, Director, Istituto Affari Internazionali; Special Advisor to the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini Photo: Marc Darchinger 
Fu Ying, Chairperson, Foreign Affairs Committee, National People’s Congress Photo: Marc Darchinger

Frank-Walter Steinmeier, Federal Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Federal Republic of Germany Photo: Marc Darchinger 
Paolo Gentiloni, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Republic of Italy Photo: Marc Darchinger 
Wolfgang Schäuble, Federal Minister of Finance of the Federal Republic of Germany Photo: Marc Darchinger 
Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, Foreign Secretary, Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India Photo: Marc Darchinger

Prof. Vaira Vike-Freiberga, former President, Latvia Photo: Marc Darchinger 
Ayman Safadi, fmr. Deputy Prime Minister of Jordan; Chief Executive Officer, Path Arabia, Abu Dhabi Photo: Marc Darchinger

Federica Mogherini, The High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Photo: Marc Darchinger 
Najib Mikati, former Prime Minister of the Lebanese Republic Photo: Marc Darchinger 
Wolfgang Ischinger, Chairman, Munich Security Conference Photo: Marc Darchinger

Thomas de Maizière, Federal Minister of Defence of the Federal Republic of Germany Photo: Marc Darchinger 
Zbigniew Brzezinski, Counselor and Trustee, Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS); former National Security Advisor to the US President Photo: Marc Darchinger

William Hague, MP, Secretary of State for Foreign & Commonwealth Affairs of the United Kingdom Photo: Marc Darchinger 
Alexander Stubb, MP, Minister for European Affairs and Foreign Trade of the Republic of Finland Photo: Marc Darchinger 
Kevin Rudd, MP, former Prime Minister of Australia Photo: Marc Darchinger

Radosław Sikorski, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Poland Photo: Thomas Waßmann 
Stavros Dimas, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Greece Photo: Thomas Waßmann 
Jürgen Trittin, MdB, Chairman of the Bündnis 90/Die Grünen Parliamentary Group Photo: Thomas Waßmann


