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Dirk Kurbjuweit (born 3 November 1962 in Wiesbaden) is a German journalist and editor-in-chief of the weekly news magazine Der Spiegel, which is published in Hamburg.
Career
Kurbjuweit studied economics at Cologne University and worked for the weekly paper Die Zeit from 1990 until 1999. He then joined Der Spiegel as a reporter. His later roles for the magazine included author, head of the parliamentary bureau in Berlin and deputy editor from 2015 until 2018. In May 2023 he was appointed editor-in-chief.
Personal life
Kurbjuweit grew up with two sisters in Berlin and Essen.
Awards
Two of his reports were awarded the Egon Erwin Kisch prize (1998 and 2002).