Margot Käßmann

German theologist and writer · Germany · On the map · Academics · Born 1958 · age 68

Margot Käßmann is a Lutheran theologian, who was Landesbischöfin (bishop) of the Evangelical-Lutheran Church of Hanover in Germany. On 28 October 2009, she was also elected to lead the Protestant Church in Germany, a federation of Protestant church bodies in Germany.

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Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany2008

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About this person

She stepped down from both offices on 24 February 2010 following a drink-driving incident. After serving as a "Reformation Ambassador" for the 500th anniversary of the Reformation, she retired in 2018.

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Germany