Leading Persons

DNK/LWB Vorsitzende

Chairperson of the GNC/LWF

Kristina Kühnbaum-Schmidt, leading Bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Northern Germany.
 

Since the LWF Assembly in Krakow, Bishop Kühnbaum-Schmidt has also been one of seven LWF Vice Presidents responsible for the Central Western Europe region. She is a member of the Council and part of the Executive Committee.

OKR Michael Martin

Vice Chairperson of the GNC/LWF

OKR Michael Martin from the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bavaria. Martin is also a member of the Council of the LWF and Chairman of the Executive Committee of GNC/LWF (EC/GNC).

Astrid Kleist

General Secretary of the GNC/LWB

Astrid Kleist
OKR Astrid Kleist was a member of the LWF Council from 2013 to 2023 and served as Vice President for the LWF Central Western Europe Region from 2017 to 2023.