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Verabschiedung des Vize-Präsidenten 
Niels-Peter Rühl 
Retirement of Niels-Peter Rühl (right), Vice 
President and Head of the Marine Sciences 
Department. 
CHANGE 
New president at the BSH 
2008, marked by a 
complete change in the 
management, was a year 
of transformation at the 
BSH. For the first time 
Verabschiedung des Abteilungsleiters der 
Nautischen Hydrographie Horst Hecht 
Retirement of Horst Hecht. At the centre: his 
successor, Dr. Mathias Jonas. 
ever, Germany’s national determined to make the 
shipping agency now has a BSH fit for the challenges 
female President, of the next ten years. 
Ms. Monika Breuch-Moritz. 
The new team at the top is 
March: Retirement of 
Vice-President Niels- 
Peter Rühl, Head of the 
Marine Sciences De 
partment. His successor 
is Dr. Bernd Brügge, 
oceanographer; 
August: Federal Minister 
Wolfgang Tiefensee 
honours Prof. Dr. Peter 
Ehlers on his retirement. 
October: Federal President 
Horst Kohler appoints 
meteorologist Monika 
Breuch-Moritz to become 
the BSH's new Presi 
dent. 
November: Christoph 
Brockmann succeeds In- 
gelore Hering as Head 
of the Central Directo 
rate after she had ac 
cepted a position at the 
Regional Waterways 
and Shipping Directo 
rate. Brockmann conti 
nues as Head of the Ma 
ritime Shipping De 
partment until the 
appointment of a suc 
cessor. 
December: Retirement of 
Horst Hecht, Head of the 
Nautical Hydrography 
Department and Head of 
the BSH's Rostock head 
quarters. His successor, 
appointed at the begin 
ning of the year, is 
Dr. Mathias Jonas. 
Bundesminister Wolfgang 
Tiefensee verabschiedet 
Prof. Dr. Peter Ehlers 
Federal Minister Wolfgang 
Tiefensee honours 
Prof. Dr. Peter Ehlers 
on his retirement