Markus N. Beeko (born 1967 in

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) is a

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and Secretary General of the German section of

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Education

Having studied marketing, organization and traffic safety at

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from 1988 to 1994, Beeko completed his education with a

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; he then worked for the

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LINTAS for five years and from 2000 to 2004, at Prognos AG, an economic research and consulting company in Europe, where he was in charge of corporate communications.

Career

From 2004, Beeko headed the campaign and

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department of the German section of

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at Amnesty International's secretariat in

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. On September 1, 2016, Beeko took the office of the German section of Amnesty International, succeeding Selmin Çalışkan.

References

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''Markus Beeko übernimmt Amt des Generalsekretärs von Amnesty International in Deutschland''
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