Born: 1941

Dr. Naumann is the editor of the monthly political magazine Cicero in Berlin.

Dr. Naumann graduated with a Ph.D. in political science from Munich University in 1969 and continued his studies as a Florey scholar at Queen's College, Oxford.

Dr. Naumann worked as foreign editor for Der Spiegel, a German weekly magazine, which is one of Europe's largest publications of its kind. In 1985 Dr Naumann became publisher of the publishing house Rowohlt Verlag.

In 1995 he went to work in New York where he founded, and was CEO, of Metropolitan Books and then Henry Holt.

Between 1998 and 2001, Dr Naumann served as the first Secretary for Culture in the German Government. He then became editor and publisher of DIE ZEIT, a leading German weekly newspaper.

From 2004 until 2007, Dr Naumann hosted a highbrow German political television talk show, "Talk im Palais".

Dr. Naumann was the Social Democratic Party's candidate for mayor of Hamburg in 2007. He took a seat in the Hamburg parliament directly after the February 2008 elections and resigned from his seat with effect from 15 June 2008 to return to his former occupation as publisher of DIE ZEIT. Since 2010 he has worked as editor of Cicero.

Dr. Naumann has published a number of books on academic issues, including “Structural Changes of Heroism: From Sacred to Profane” and political affairs, including a book on California.
 
Appointed a Thomson Reuters Trustee in July 2010.