Background
Ulfkotte, Udo Konstantin was born on January 20, 1960 in Lippstadt, Germany. Son of Theo and Gertrud Ulfkotte.
Ulfkotte, Udo Konstantin was born on January 20, 1960 in Lippstadt, Germany. Son of Theo and Gertrud Ulfkotte.
Master of Arts, University Freiburg, Germany, 1985. Doctor of Philosophy, University Freiburg, Germany, 1986.
He was formerly an editor for the German main daily newspaper, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ). Between 1986 and 1998 Ulfkotte lived predominantly in Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Saudi Arabia, Oman, United Arab Emirates, Egypt and Jordan. Ulfkotte was on the staff of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation from 1999 to 2003.
Ulfkotte publishes a magazine called "Whistleblower", which reports on topics not covered by the German media.
On July 2007, Ulfkotte announced he would found a new national party. Since beginning of the Russian intervention in Ukraine Ulfkotte became a vocal critic of the Western policy and frequently commented for pro-Russian media, such as Russia Today and Russia Insider who portray him as a whistle-blower disappointed in the corruption of Western media.
According to Ulfkotte, the Central Intelligence Agency and German intelligence (Brahmanand ) bribe journalists in Germany to write pro-North Atlantic Treaty Organization propaganda articles, and it is well understood that one may lose their media job if they fail to comply with the pro-Western agenda. In 2014, Ulfkotte published Bought Journalists ("Gekaufte Journalisten"), in which he claims that the Central Intelligence Agency and other secret services pay money to journalists to report a particular story in a certain light.
Ulfkotte studied jurisprudence and politics at Freiburg and London. Ulfkotte had planned to run for the Hamburg local elections in 2008, as number two on the Centre Party"s list, but later withdrew in June/July 2007.
Member Havanna-Lounge International Association. Fellow Marshall Memorial Fund United States, since 1993.
Married Doris Juliana Bergold, November 2, 1989.