Frank-Jürgen Weise
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Frank-Jürgen Weise

German officer and manager (born 1951)

Frank-Jürgen Weise (born 8 October 1951 in Radebeul, East Germany) is a German officer (Oberst of the reserve) and manager.2

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Born Oct 8, 1951.1

Companies

Career

Occupation: economist, military officer.6

  • Since 2014Chairperson, Hertie Foundation3 4
  • 2004 to 2017Chair, Bundesagentur für Arbeit5

From 2004 until 2017, Weise served as CEO of the Bundesagentur für Arbeit, the German Federal Agency for Employment. In addition, in 2010, he chaired the ad-hoc Bundeswehr Structural Commission. From 2015, Weise also headed the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees.

From 2014 to 2024, Weise served as Chairman of the Board of the Hertie Foundation.

In 2024, Weise and Bodo Ramelow served as unpaid arbitrators for negotiations between German airline Lufthansa and the United Services Trade Union (ver.di).

In 2025, the government of Chancellor Friedrich Merz appointed Weise as co-chair – alongside Constanze Janda – of an expert commission tasked with developing recommendations for a comprehensive reorganization of Germany’s pension system.

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Corporate boards

Rantum Capital, Partner

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Personal life

  • BornOct 8, 1951, Radebeul7
  • CitizenshipGermany8

Weise is married and has two children. He is a member of the Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU).

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Awards

  • Date not recordedBavarian Order of Merit9
  • Date not recordedCross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany9