The President Dr. Hans-Eckhard Sommer , format: Article, area: Authority

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  • Dr. Hans-Eckhard Sommer has been heading the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF) in Nuremberg since 21 June 2018.
  • From 1996 to 2024, he lectured in administrative law at the Technical University of Munich.

  • From 1997 to 2018, Dr. Hans-Eckhard Sommer held various positions at the Bavarian State Ministry of the Interior:

    • Senior Ministerial Councillor, Deputy Head of Department F and Head of the Development Staff for the Bavarian State Office for Asylum and Returns
    • Head of Unit IA2 (Aliens and Asylum Law)
    • Head of Unit FH1 (General Policy Issues and Planning)
    • Unit IA4 (Gambling Supervision)
    • Minister's Office (Deputy Head and Private Secretary to the Minister of State)
    • Desk Officer at Units IIB4/5 (Building Regulations and Building Planning Law)
  • From 2001 to 2005, he was on leave as a Government Director at the Christian Social Union in Bavaria and acted as Private Secretary and, from 2004, as Head of Office to the party chairman.
  • From 1996 to 1997 Dr. Sommer worked as a judge on probation at Munich Administrative Court.

Education:

Hans-Eckhard Sommer studied law at the University of Münster and at the University of Munich (LMU), where he completed both the First and Second State Examinations in law.


Personal information:

Dr. Sommer was born in Münster, Westphalia, in 1961, and has been married since 1987.