Hans-Georg Maaßen

Hans-Georg Maaßen (born November 24, 1962 in Mönchengladbach) is a German civil servant and lawyer. Since August 1, 2012, he has been serving as the President of the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution, Germany's domestic security agency.

Hans-Georg Maaßen was born on November 24, 1962 in Mönchengladbach. In 1991, he began working at Germany's Interior Ministry. On July 18, 2012, Maaßen was appointed by the Cabinet of Germany to take over from Heinz Fromm as President of the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution. Several months later, he was sworn in to his current post.

During the 2013 mass surveillance disclosures, German media reported that Maaßen visited the headquarters of the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) in January and May. According to classified documents of the German government, Maaßen had agreed to transfer all data collected by the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution via XKeyscore to the NSA.

In June 2016, he questioned whether Edward Snowden was working for Russian intelligence, and Snowden sent a laconic response in perfect German. Cooperation with the FSB had also been suggested by Oleg Kalugin, at least since Snowden's arrival in Russia.

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