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Spokespeople
IHRA Secretary General Michaela Küchler
Michaela Küchler took over as the Secretary General of the IHRA in 2025. A career diplomat, she joined the German Federal Foreign Office in 1988 and has since held a range of positions, including Press Attaché in Santiago de Chile, Cultural Attaché in former Czechoslovakia, and Consul General in Chennai. She also served as a negotiator for European Union enlargement and as a European policy adviser to two Federal Chancellors and three Federal Presidents. From 2018 to 2022, she was Germany’s Ambassador for Holocaust Remembrance and the Fight against Antisemitism, leading international efforts to strengthen Holocaust education and combat antisemitism.
She provides support and guidance to the IHRA Chair and maintains continuity from Presidency to Presidency. Together with her colleagues at the IHRA Permanent Office she coordinates the organization’s activities. Michaela also serves as the IHRA’s primary spokesperson.
About the IHRA in brief
Vision statement
A world that remembers the Holocaust. A world without genocide.
Mission statement
Uniting governments and experts to strengthen, advance, and promote Holocaust education, remembrance, and research worldwide and to uphold the commitments of the 2000 Stockholm Declaration and the 2020 Ministerial Declaration.
Key facts
- The IHRA is the only intergovernmental organization with a mandate focused solely on the Holocaust and the genocide of the Roma.
- Our priority for 2018–2024 has been to counter distortion and safeguard the record of the Holocaust and the genocide of the Roma.
- The IHRA was initiated in 1998 by former Swedish Prime Minister Göran Persson as the Task Force for International Cooperation on Holocaust Education, Remembrance and Research (ITF).
- The IHRA network currently consists of 35 Member Countries, 8 Observer Countries, 9 Liaison Countries, 9 Permanent International Partner Organizations.
- Each delegation is made up of at least one governmental representative and leading subject-matter experts in the field.
- The IHRA Presidency is held by a different Member Country every year. It is currently held by the Israel and will be held by Argentina next year.
- Read about the IHRA’s recent initiatives in the press release covering our latest Plenary in London and our 2023 Annual Report.
Important dates
- 27 January – International Holocaust Remembrance Day
- 1 March – IHRA Presidency Handover
- June/July – Four-day Plenary Meetings
- 2 August – Remembrance Day of the Genocide of the Roma
- November/December – Four-day Plenary Meetings
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