Thomas Langheinrich

Thomas Langheinrich, was elected President of the Media Broadcasting Authority of the State of Baden-Württemberg, Germany (Landesanstalt für Kommunikation, LFK) on 1 April 2005. Currently he is the Commissioner of European Affairs of the Directors’ Conference of the German Regulatory Authorities for Broadcasting and Audiovisual Mediaservices. He is also a member of the German Commission for the Protection of Minors in the media (KJM) and the German Commission on Concentration in the media (KEK). Since 2014 he acts as the German delegate at the European Regulators Group for Audiovisual Media Services (ERGA) established by the European Commission.

Mr Langheinrich previously served as Managing Director of the Department of Commerce and Infrastructural Planning at the Baden-Wurttemberg State administration.

He has a law degree from the Albert-Ludwig University of Freiburg Law School and was a Fullbright-Scholar, at the Lyndon B.Johnson Graduate School of Public Affairs – University of Texas, Austin, USA.