The general assembly of VDCH (the Association of Debating Societies at Universities) elected a new president and his deputies: Benedikt Nufer, Tom-Michael Hesse, Simeon Reusch and Philipp Stiel constitute the new VDCH executive board.

Benedikt has already been part of the executive bord last year. He is a member of the debating society at Hamburg University where he works on his Ph.D. thesis in history.

Simeon Reusch will be in charge of the German debating tournament series ZEIT DEBATTEN for the forthcoming year. He is doing his Bachelor studies in Philosophy and Politics in Halle where he is also a debating society’s member.

Philipp Stiel, German Champion 2010, will be VDCH’s press officer. He is doing his Master in  International Economics and Finance at Tübingen University and of course he is an active and successfull member of Germany’s oldest debating society Streitkultur Tübingen.

Tom-Michael Hesse has been appointed bursar of VDCH. He studies computer science at Leipzig University and is a member of Debattierclub Streitpunkt Leipzig.

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