

Munich Young Leaders 2021/2022
MYL 2021/2022

Mohamed Abolnaga
Political Awareness Team Lead, Egyptian Social Democratic Party, Parliament of the Arab Republic of Egypt, Cairo

Hamad Al Mahmeed
Director of Research, Office of the First Deputy Prime Minister, Kingdom of Bahrain, Manama

Alviina Alametsä
Member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Subcommittee on Security and Defence, The Greens/EFA Parliamentary Group, European Parliament, Brussels

Emad Ba Matraf
Special Assistant to the Prime Minister, Prime Ministry of the Republic of Yemen, Istanbul

Nisha Begum-Ali
Deputy Head, China Internal Team, Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, London

Frédéric Bernard
Head of Cabinet and Sherpa, Cabinet of the President, European Council, Brussels

Erwin Bruder
Chief Executive Officer of an Army Combat Unit, French Ministry for the Armed Forces, Paris

Laurence Deschamps-Laporte
Visiting Professor, Political Science, Montréal Centre for International Studies, Université de Montréal, Montréal

Katherine Earle
Professional Staff Member, Europe and Russia, Committee on Foreign Affairs, U.S. House of Representatives, Washington, DC

Richard Javad Heydarian
Professorial Chairholder in Geopolitics, Polytechnic University of the Philippines, Manila

Ayaka Iyonaga
Deputy Director, International Policy Division, Japan Ministry of Defense, Tokyo

Hosna Jalil
Former Deputy Minister, Policy and Strategy, Ministry of the Interior, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, Kabul

Eunbee Kim
Associate Professor, Security Policy Department, Korea National Defense University, Seoul

Laura Kupe
Senior Advisor to the Deputy Secretary of Defense, Departement of Defense, United States of America, Washington, DC

Wentao Li
Deputy Director and Associate Professor, Institute of African Studies, China Institute of Contemporary International Relations, Beijing



Marius Osswald
Private Secretary, State Secretary Miguel Berger, Federal Foreign Office, Berlin


Lia Procopio Quartapelle
Member of the Committee on Foreign and Community Affairs, Parliament of the Italian Republic, Rome

Kanica Rakhra
Senior Consultant, Disarmament and International Security Affairs Division, Ministry of External Affairs, New Delhi


Olha Stefanishyna
Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration, Ukraine, Kyiv

Phumzile van Damme
Former Member, Parliament of the Republic of South Africa; Misinformation Expert, Freelance Consultant, Pretoria

Laura von Daniels
Head of Research Division "The Americas", German Institute for International and Security Affairs, Berlin

Catherine Wong
Policy Specialist, Climate and Security Risks, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), New York City