Dipl.-Vw. Wolfgang G. Gibowski

Wolfgang G. Gibowski studied Economics and Political Science at the Universities of Heidelberg and Mannheim (1962 to 1967). In 1974, jointly with Manfred Berger and Dieter Roth, Gibowski founded the Research Group on Elections e.V. in Mannheim, which analyzes elections for the Second German Television Network ever since. He developed the well-known Politbarometer surveys, which are still conducted today. At the same time, Gibowski, Manfred Berger, and Dieter Roth also founded the Commercial Institute for Practice-Oriented Social Research (IPOS). Gibowski became the Advisor of Leading Politicians, including, from 1989 onwards, Chancellor Helmut Kohl. Gibowski carried out these activities until 1991. Helmut Kohl was Chief of the Federal Press Office. He worked for Helmut Kohl’s government until 1998. From 1999 to 2003, he worked for the foundation on “Remembrance, Responsibility, and Future”. 

From 2003 to 2010, as Permanent Secretary of State, he served as the Representative of Lower Saxony to the Federal Government and headed Lower Saxony’s Representation in Berlin. From 2005 to 2010, he represented Lower Saxony as a member of the Committee of the Regions in Brussels. From 2002 to 2017, he taught Political Science as a lecturer at the University of Potsdam.