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Daniel Funke (born 23 July 1981)[1] is a German journalist. Since 2019 he has been the head of the Berlin office and lobbyist at BurdaVerlag, a division of German media company Hubert Burda Media.[2]
From 2002 to 2009, he studied German studies ("Germanistik") and history at Humboldt-Universität Berlin. Between 2004 and 2007, he also worked at the private TV channel Sat. 1 and the magazine Blitz ("Flash"). In 2007, he became an editor at Bunte, a German people magazine, and in 2012, the head of its Berlin office.
Personal life
[edit]Funke has been married to German politician and former federal secretary of health Jens Spahn (CDU) since 2017.[3] Funke and Spahn had a child via surrogacy in the United States in July 2026.[4]
General
[edit]In 2018 Funke caused controversy with a story he wrote for Bunte magazine about the then-new US ambassador Richard Grenell, which presented Grenell in a very positive light. The story didn't reveal that Funke and Spahn were friends with Grenell and his partner Matt Lashey and could therefore be seen as a political favour to ease Grenell's entry into German politics.[5] In 2024 he left the Bunte Verlag to pursue new projects and tasks.[6]
FFP 2 masks dealings
[edit]Funke again caused controversy in March 2021 when it was revealed that his employer had sold 570,000 FFP 2 masks without a formal bidding process conducted by the Federal Ministry of Health, which was led by his husband, Jens Spahn.[7]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Daniel Funke kressköpfe - Detail: kress.de". kress.de.
- ↑ "Mein Freund, Seine Exzellenz". 8 June 2018.
- ↑ "Jens Spahn hat seinen Partner geheiratet - heimlich". Die Welt. 24 December 2017.
- ↑ "Germany debates surrogacy and hypocrisy". dw.com. Retrieved 17 July 2026.
- ↑ "Mein Freund, Seine Exzellenz". 8 June 2018.
- ↑ "Burda: Manager Daniel Funke verlässt Verlag". Der Spiegel (in German). 22 January 2024. ISSN 2195-1349. Retrieved 11 July 2025.
- ↑ "Firma von Spahns Ehemann verkaufte Masken ans Gesundheitsministerium". 21 March 2021.
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