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Claus Kleber (Claus-Detlev Walter Kleber) was born on 2 September, 1955 in Reutlingen, Baden-Württemberg, West Germany, is a German journalist (born 1955). Discover Claus Kleber's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 68 years old?

Popular As Claus-Detlev Walter Kleber
Occupation Journalist, news presenter
Age 68 years old
Zodiac Sign Virgo
Born 2 September 1955
Birthday 2 September
Birthplace Reutlingen, Baden-Württemberg, West Germany
Nationality Germany

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His wife is Renate Kleber (m. 1982)

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Claus Kleber Net Worth

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1955

Claus-Detlev Walter Kleber (born 2 September 1955 in Reutlingen) is a German journalist and former lawyer.

He anchored heute-journal, an evening news program on ZDF, one of Germany's two major public TV stations.

1974

He attended the Otto Hahn Gymnasium in Bergisch Gladbach, completing his Abitur in 1974.

During his schooling, Kleber freelanced as a local reporter for the newspaper Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger.

From 1974, he studied law at the University of Tübingen, spending two semesters abroad in Lausanne, Switzerland in 1978 and 1979.

1980

In the autumn of 1980, Kleber passed his first Staatsexamen in law: this was followed by further training in Stuttgart.

After completing his PhD, Kleber became a journalist and worked during the 1980s as a Washington correspondent for Deutschlandfunk (DLF), a German public broadcaster.

1983

In 1983 he completed his second Staatsexamen, followed by extended dissertation research stays in New York City and Washington, D.C., for which he was awarded scholarships from Studienstiftung and DAAD.

After this, he worked as a lawyer for a law firm in Stuttgart, specializing in commercial law and competition law.

1986

In 1986, he completed his PhD in law under Thomas Oppermann at the University of Tübingen.

Kleber financed his 14 semesters of studying law as a free-lancing radio reporter and anchor for SWF (a public service station).

1989

In the spring of 1989, Kleber returned to Germany as Chief Editor of RIAS, a major broadcaster in Berlin under the control of the United States Information Agency.

1990

From 1990 he worked for 12 years as Senior Correspondent and Bureau Chief for ARD, one of the two nationwide German public television networks.

There he got interviews with all US Presidents in that period.

Donald Rumsfeld and Colin Powell.

1998

Kleber is the recipient of several awards, including the Media prize of the Johanna Quandt Foundation (1998) for excellence in economic reporting, the RIAS Berlin committee TV prize (1997, 1999 and 2003), and the Deutscher Fernsehpreis (the German equivalent of the American Emmy) in 2005, 2006 and 2013 (heute journal as best German news program).

2002

In June 2002, Kleber moved as ARD Bureau Chief to London.

A few months into the new job, he received an offer to become managing editor and principal anchor of heute journal, the 30 minute late evening news show of ZDF, the other public television channel beside the ARD.

one of Germany's leading television news programs.

2005

He is also known for his expertise in United States politics and German-American relations, as evidenced by his 2005 bestseller Amerikas Kreuzzüge ("America's Crusades").

Claus Kleber was born in Reutlingen, Germany.

Kleber's book Amerikas Kreuzzüge ("America's crusades") won the 2005 Corine Literature Prize for best non-fiction work.

2006

With his long-standing professional partner, Angela Andersen, he has created documentary films, including India – Unstoppable (2006) for the DVD-market.

2008

Shortly before the 2008 presidential election, Kleber published an updated edition with his views on the candidates.

2009

They later also made Documentaries for broadcasting, such as The Bomb (2009), about nuclear threats in the 21st century, Machtfaktor Erde (2011) on climate change.

Claus Kleber and his ZDF partner anchor Marietta Slomka were awarded the prestigious Grimme Prize in 2009 for their merits on the evolution of television.

His work in documentaries on global challenges (with Angela Andersen) received the Deutscher Fernsehpreis for The Bomb in 2009 and the Bayerischer Fernsehpreis for ''HUNGER!

2010

In 2010, he won the Hanns Joachim Friedrichs Award for Outstanding Journalism.

2012

In 2012 Kleber published Spielball Erde about global strategic consequences of Climate Change.

2014

In 2014, he interviewed US President Barack Obama.

In June 2021, he announced that he would leave ZDF at the end of the year.

Kleber is also a documentary filmmaker.

HUNGER! and DURST! (thirst) is a 2-part documentary (2014) showcased globally the challenge and efforts to feed a 10 billion –humanity by 2050.

2015

Since 2015, Claus Kleber also works as an Honorary Professor at his alma mater, the University of Tübingen.

He is a member of Atlantik-Brücke, an invitation-only organisation promoting cultural, economic and military co-operation between Germany and the USA.

DURST!'' in 2015.

2018

In a 2018 survey conducted by Forsa Institute, he was voted Germany's most trusted news presenter.

2019

2019, their 90min report on the situation of Human Rights (Unantastar / Inviolable) won Silver New York Film Festival 2017 and was nominated for Best Documentary at the Monaco Film Festival.

2021, ZDF aired "We have the better story" Kleber's 40-minute conversation with US president Barack Obama about his achievements and shortcomings.