Weimar (dpa/th) - The Bauhaus University Weimar is getting a new president. On Tuesday, the university assembly elected Peter Benz as the future director, the university announced in the evening. Benz is expected to take office after his appointment in the first quarter of 2023, it said. He studied architecture at the Bauhaus University and was an artistic assistant. He has lived in Hong Kong since 2006 and works there as an associate professor at the Academy of Visual Arts at the Hong Kong Baptist University.
The search for a successor for former President Winfried Speitkamp, whose re-election failed at the end of November 2021, had begun months ago. In the meantime, Jutta Emes held the provisional management of the university.
