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My Take
Hans-Georg Maaßen is a figure I find genuinely interesting precisely because he is divisive. As a Cologne-trained jurist who led Germany's domestic intelligence agency from 2012 to 2018, he operated in a world most of us never glimpse, where safeguarding the state is thankless and morally heavy work. Since leaving office he has written and taught and spoken out, which suggests a man of firm, unwavering convictions. Whatever one makes of his politics, I respect the spine it takes to hold a line under public scrutiny, and that consistency is what keeps drawing my attention to him.
Overview
Hans-Georg Maaßen (born 24 November 1962) is a German civil servant and lawyer. From 1 August 2012 to 8 November 2018, he served as the President of the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution, Germany's domestic security agency and one of three agencies in the German Intelligence Community.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Hans-Georg Maaßen
- Name (Japanese)
- ハンス＝ゲオルク・マーセン
- Reading
- はんす＝げおるく・まーせん
- Born
- November 24, 1962 (age 63)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Sagittarius / Tiger
- Origin
- Rheindahlen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- jurist / university teacher / Lehrbeauftragter / author / editing staff
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- University of Cologne
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.