President & Committees
The Academy is managed by a Board of Directors and a Presidium. The Executive Committee meets at least four times a year and prepares all of the Academy's important decisions. All aspects of management are regulated in accordance with the statutes, rules of procedure and election regulations.
Last edited: 05. December 2025
The Presidium of the National Academy of Sciences in Halle (Saale) in September 2025.
Further information
The bodies of the Academy are the Executive Board, the Presidium, the Senate, the General Assembly and the Secretary General as a special representative of the registered association.
The Executive Board as defined by law is made up of the President and four Vice-Presidents.
The Executive Committee consists of the President, up to four Vice Presidents, four secretaries and up to three other members. The members of the Executive Board are elected by the Senate, their term of office is five years and they can be re-elected once. Prof. Dr Bettina Rockenbach has held the office of President since 1 March 2025. She is the XXVIII President of the Leopoldina.
President
Prof Dr Bettina Rockenbach
Economist, Halle/Cologne/Berlin
President of the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina since 2025
Vice Presidents
Professor Dr
Thomas Krieg ▸
- Internal Medicine and Dermatology
- Election year 1997
Prof. Ph.D.
Regina T. Riphahn ▸
- Economics and Empirical Social Sciences
- Election year 2007
Former presidents
Prof. (ETHZ)* Dr.
Gerald H. Haug ▸
- Earth Sciences
- Election year 2012
Professor Dr
Jörg Hacker ▸
- Microbiology and Immunology
- Election year 1998
Secretary General
Franziska Hornig (advisory)
Kontakt Dr. Jörg Beineke
