Press release No. 368 of 16 October 2017
WIESBADEN – On behalf of the Federal Minister of the Interior, State Secretary Klaus Vitt has appointed, with effect from 1 November 2017, Dr. Georg Thiel as the new President of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) and, at the same time, as Federal Returning Officer in Wiesbaden today. There was an official retirement ceremony for Dieter Sarreither who retired from both posts.