Patrons of the Handel Festival
2021
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2020
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2019
Sir Sebastian Wood, KCMG (Knight Commander of the Order of St. Michael and St.George), Britain’s Ambassador to Germany
Dr. Reiner Haseloff, Minister-President of Saxony-Anhalt
2018
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2017
Prof. Monika Grütters, Minister of State to the Federal Chancellor, Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media
2016
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2015
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2013
Prof. Dr. Norbert Lammert, President of the Bundestag of the Federal Republic of Germany
2012
Dr. Dr. h.c. Margot Käßmann, EKD Council Ambassador for the Reformation Jubilee 2017
2011
S.K.H. Prince Alexander of Saxony, Duke of Saxony
2010
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2009
Her Majesty Queen Elisabeth II. of the United Kingdom and Prof. Dr. Horst Köhler, President of the Federal State of Germany
2008
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2007
Principessa Claudia Ruspoli
2006
Franz Morak, Minister of State for Cultural Affairs and Media of the Republic of Austria
2005
Waldemar Dabrowski, Minister for Cultural Affairs of the Republic of Poland
2004
Professor Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Jutta Limbach, President dof the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany (off duty), President of the Goethe Institute
2003
Jean-Jacques Aillagon, Minister for Cultural Affairs and Communication of the French Repulic and Dr. Christina Weiss, Minister of State for Cultural and Media Affairs of the Federal Republic of Germany
2002
The Rt. Hon. The Lord Howe of Aberavon
2001
Gerhard Schröder, Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany and The Rt. Hon. Tony Blair, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Northern Ireland
2000
Dr. Hermann Freiherr von Richthofen
1999
Dr. Michael Naumann, Minister of State for Cultural and Media Affairs of the Federal Republic of Germany
1998
Professor August Everding, Director
1997
Jaques Santer, President of the European Commission
1996
Dr. Helmut Kohl, Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany
1995
Dr. Klaus Keitel, President of the Landtag of Saxony-Anhalt
1994
Dr. Christoph Bergner, Minister-President of Saxony-Anhalt
1993
Prof. Dr. Werner Münch, Minister-President of Saxony-Anhalt
1992
Dr. Werner Sobetzko, Minister for Cultural Affairs of Saxony-Anhalt
1991
Dr. Hans-Dietrich Genscher, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Federal Republic of Germany