Munich Young Leaders 2025

Rinsola Abiola

Senior Special Assistant to the President on Citizenship and Leadership, Office of the President, The Federal Republic of Nigeria, Abuja

Jalaa Abuarab

Editor in Chief, Dooz, Nablus

Lina Aloul

Former Political Specialist, Office of His Majesty King Abdullah II, The Royal Hashemite Court of Jordan, Amman

Tristan Aureau

Director, Centre for Analysis, Planning and Strategy, Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs, French Republic, Paris

Luis Donaldo Colosio Riojas

Member, Senate of the Republic, United Mexican States, Mexico City

Marouane El Hajjaji El Idrissi

Director of Partnership and International Cooperation, Rassemblement National des Indépendants; President of the Moroccan Millennium Leaders, Rabat

Michiel Emmelkamp

Deputy Head, Crisis Management and Peacekeeping Operations Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Kingdom of the Netherlands, The Hague

Megi Fino

Deputy Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs, Republic of Albania, Tirana

András Huszár

Co-Founder and Director, Green Policy Center, Budapest

Narmin Jarchalova

Chief Operating Officer, COP29 Azerbaijan, Baku

Teyfik Karakücükoglu

Former Chief of Staff in the Office of Party Co-Leader Omid Nouripour, Alliance 90/The Greens, Berlin

Jeongmin Kim

Editorial Director, Korea Pro; Lead Correspondent, NK News, Seoul

Zachary Leighton

Senior Advisor to the former Ambassador of the United States to Germany, U.S. Department of State, New York

Utaara Mootu

Member, National Assembly, Parliament of the Republic of Namibia, Windhoek

Sen Nguyen

Senior Journalist, British Broadcasting Corporation, Bangkok

Federica Onori

Member, Camera dei Deputati, Parliament of the Italian Republic, Rome

Rebecca Reichherzer

Deputy Head of Mission, Embassy of the Kingdom of Denmark to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, London

Anchalee Rüland

Advisor to Member of Parliament Norbert Röttgen, CDU/CSU Parliamentary Group, German Bundestag, Berlin

Tom Sagiv

International Spokesman and Foreign Policy Advisor to Member of the Knesset Benny Gantz, National Unity Party, Parliament of the State of Israel, Tel Aviv

Daniela Sepúlveda Soto

Executive Director, Nueva Política Exterior, Santiago de Chile

Natia Seskuria

Associate Fellow, Royal United Services Institute (RUSI); Founder and Director, Regional Institute for Security Studies, Tbilisi

Anahit Shirinyan

Head, Office of the Security Council, Office of the Prime Minister, Republic of Armenia, Yerevan

Casper Sitemba

Technical Specialist on Peacebuilding, United Nations Resident Coordinator's Office Kenya, Nairobi

Charles Sitzenstuhl

Member, National Assembly, Parliament of the French Republic, Paris

Chenghao Sun

Head and Fellow, U.S.-Europe Program, Center for International Security and Strategy, Tsinghua University, Beijing

Ali Tejpar

Chief of Staff to the Foreign and Defence Policy Advisor to the Prime Minister, Office of the Prime Minister and Privy Council, Canada, Ottawa

Wyatt Toehlke

Senior Advisor, European and Eurasian Affairs, Department of State, United States of America, Washington, DC