Uwe Becker is the German state of Hesse’s State Secretary for European Affairs and State Commissioner for Jewish Life and the Fight Against Antisemitism.
A former Mayor and Treasurer of the City of Frankfurt am Main, Mr. Becker also serves as President of the German-Israeli Society.
Mr. Becker is a member of the supervisory boards of the energy company Mainova AG, the traffic company Verkehrsgesellschaft VGF, the Trade fair Company Messe Frankfurt GmbH, and the Stadtwerke Frankfurt Holding, as well as of the airport company Fraport AG.
He is also President of the Friends of Tel Aviv University (TAU) in Germany and Governor on the Board of Governors of the TAU, the Honorary President of the German-French Society, and a Member of the Executive Board of the German-American Steuben-Schurz Society, as well as a member of several other associations, foundations and institutions.
Mr. Becker is a practicing Roman Catholic and he and his wife are the parents of twins. He graduated from the “Ziehenschule” in Frankfurt in 1989. After completing his basic military service, he trained as a banker at Frankfurter Sparkasse, where he worked until 2004.
