Sinan Selen

Sinan Selen is the President of the Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz (BfV), Germany's domestic intelligence agency. He is newsworthy due to the BfV's focus on hybrid attacks targeting Germany's economy. Recently, Selen hosted a conference in Berlin titled “Abwehrbereit? Deutschlands Wirtschaft in Zeiten hybrider Angriffe” (Ready to Defend? Germany's Economy in Times of Hybrid Attacks), co-organized with the Verband für Sicherheit in der Wirtschaft (VSV), an association for security in the economy. The conference highlights the BfV's concerns about increasing threats from state actors like Iran and Russia. The BfV's warnings about espionage, sabotage, and even potential assassinations targeting the defense industry, particularly drone manufacturers supporting Ukraine, underscore the agency's and Selen's current relevance in safeguarding Germany's economic and national security.