Hanns Seidel Foundation
 Hanns Seidel Foundation     | |
|---|---|
| Formation | November 1966 |
| Member of | European Policy Centre |
| Subpage | •Hanns Seidel Foundation/Chair |
| An important group in international parapolitical manipulation, active in Latin America, Fiji and other places. | |
The Hanns Seidel Foundation is, according to David Teacher, "an important group in international parapolitical manipulation" and notes that "active in Latin America for the Contras,[1] supporting Mobuto in Zaire, involved in the Fiji coup in 1987, it was caught diverting state development aid from Germany into right-wing party coffers in Ecuador in the same year."[1]
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Origins
The foundation was named after the CSU politician Hanns Seidel.
Connections
Dieter A. Schmidt was foreign policy director of the Institute for Foreign Relations at the Hanns Seidel Foundation throughout the 1980s and 1990s until his death in 1999. He also attended Le Cercle.
Activities
As of March 2010, the Foundation was a supporter of the think tank Security and Defence Agenda.
Related Quotation
| Page | Quote | Author | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Philippines | “1995, Catholics for a Free Choice, 'Opus Dei: The Pope's Right Arm in Europe': "The Hanns-Seidel Foundation, based in Germany, is accredited with and receives funding from the European Union. The foundation is linked with the CSU (the Bavarian Christian Democrat) party of the late Fritz Pirkl, who was in the European Parliament and served on the boards of directors of Hanns-Seidel and the Rhine-Danube Foundation. Together with Limmat, Hanns-Seidel has funded Opus Dei’s extensive operations in the Philippines, including the Centre for Research and Communication. The centre’s "self-declared task is to form the future economic and political elite of the country," writes Opus Dei critic Peter Hertel. "Under President Corazon Aquino, Opus members have put a decisive stamp on the country’s Constitution."” | Joël van der Reijden ISGP | 20 JL |
Events
| Event | Description |
|---|---|
| Le Cercle/1979 (Wildbad Kreuth) | First half of 1979 |
| Le Cercle/1982 (Wildbad Kreuth) | 1982 conference organised by Franz Josef Bach. The participants were guests of Franz-Josef Strauss. The first page of the attendee list was published online in 2011 |
Known members
5 of the 36 of the members already have pages here:
| Member | Description |
|---|---|
| Fritz Pirkl | Cercle visitor, Hanns Seidel Foundation/Chair 1967-93 |
| Horst Seehofer | Attended a lot of Munich Security Conferences as Minister President of Bavaria from 2008 to 2018 |
| Thomas Silberhorn | MSC regular lawyer, politician |
| Markus Söder | Bavarian politician first out with hard lockdowns in 2020. "The CIA's dream candidate". His campaign to create acceptance of COVID jabs included "an unheard-of public attack". |
| Theo Waigel | German politician |
