Dr. Claus-D. Kleber - Washington Bureau Chief for ARD German Television

C U R R I C U L U M V I T A E

1955 Born in Reutlingen, Germany (near Stuttgart).
Raised in Berlin, Principality of Liechtenstein
and Cologne.

1974 Abitur

1974-80 Law School in Tuebingen and Lausanne, Switzerland;
Freelance Reporter and Anchorman for German Radio;

1982 Bar Exam;

1983-84 Attorney at Law in Stuttgart, specialising in the law protecting
Intellectual Property Rights and Regulations against Unfair
Competition;

1984 PhD in Law and Political Science, University of Tuebingen.
Doctoral Thesis on "Constitutional Requirements for the
Regulation of Private Broadcasting Corporations."

1985-86 Bureau Chief for German Radio in Constance (covering
South-West Germany and Switzerland);

1986-88 Washington Correspondent for German Radio;

1989-90 Editor-in-Chief of RIAS-Radio in Berlin; extensive travels
through the then-Communist Block and East Germany;

1990-92 Washington Correspondent for ARD German Radio;
Regular Guest on CNN’s "Foreign Correspondents"
and National Public Radio "All Things Considered";

1992-97 Washington Correspondent for ARD German Television;

since 1997 Washington Bureau Chief for ARD German Television.


Married to Dr. Renate Grziwok-Kleber, M.D., 2 daughters (Alexandra, Catharina).