Modern Biotechnology in a Changing World: Health, Environment and Regulation

BVL online symposium from 6 to 7 October 2021

Friedel Cramer

Friedel Cramer, President of the BVL Source: private

Friedel Cramer was born on 18 March 1960. From 1980 to 1986 he studied agriculture at the University of Stuttgart Hohenheim and completed his practical training in Rhineland-Palatinate. From February 1989 on he worked in various areas in the Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL).
The skilled winegrower gained experience in the area of food law while working in the wine unit of the Ministry. In 2002 he took over the management of the plant construction unit. From 2012 to 2015, he served in the permanent mission of Germany to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in Rome. After returning to the BMEL, Cramer headed the Crop Protection Unit, where he was responsible for the phytosanitary matters of the BVL, the Julius Kühn Institute and the Federal Institute for Risk Assessment, among other things.
Friedel Cramer became the head of the Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety (BVL) on 1 December 2019.