Munich Young Leaders 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 Union, 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

Ana Miguel dos Santos

Member, Parliament of the Portuguese Republic, Lisbon

Nanjala Nyabola

Writer, Political Analyst and Activist, Nairobi

Vitaly Orekhov

First Secretary, Department of Press and Information, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Moscow

Marius Osswald

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

Katarzyna Pisarska

Co-Founder and Co-Chair, Warsaw Security Forum, Warsaw

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

Katsiaryna Shmatsina

Fellow, Belarusian Institute for Strategic Studies (BISS), Vilnius

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