Anti-Semitism: Anti-Semitism Commissioner Felix Klein turns into OECD ambassador in Paris | EUROtoday

Felix Klein is resigning from his place because the federal authorities’s anti-Semitism commissioner. The 58-year-old can be German ambassador to the OECD in Paris beginning this summer season.

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Felix Klein, the anti-Semitism commissioner, is shifting to Paris in the summertime as German ambassador to the OECD. The Federal Cabinet has determined this, his successor continues to be open. Klein has been combating anti-Semitism in Germany since 2017. He described the time as demanding, but in addition as a pleasure and an honor. He will proceed to meet his position till his departure and settle for his new activity in Paris with nice respect.

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Felix Klein is quitting because the federal authorities’s anti-Semitism commissioner.
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The anti-Semitism commissioner Felix Klein is leaving his publish in the summertime and shifting to the workplace of German ambassador to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) in Paris. The Federal Cabinet had determined this, mentioned Klein. His successor has not but been determined.

The 58-year-old has been the consultant since 2017 Federal Government for Jewish life in Germany and the battle in opposition to anti-Semitism. The lawyer and diplomat beforehand had the same job on the Foreign Office.

Klein described the time as demanding. It was a pleasure and an honor to assist make the battle in opposition to anti-Semitism in Germany simpler, mentioned Klein. He will proceed to carry the place till his departure. The new activity in Paris he accepts “with great respect.”

https://www.zeit.de/politik/2026-02/antisemitismusbeauftragter-felix-klein-oecd