Sylke Tempel

Sylke Tempel studied at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München and University of the Bundeswehr Munich. Training under Michael Wolffsohn is recorded. The recorded working language is German and English. Residence is recorded at Berlin. Employment is recorded with Internationale Politik and University of the Bundeswehr Munich. Positions recorded include editor-in-chief. Distinctions recorded are Quadriga.

• Name — Sylke Tempel • Born — 30 May 1963 • Birthplace — Bayreuth, Bavaria, West Germany • Died — 5 October 2017 • Place of death — Tegel, Berlin, Germany • Occupation — Writer, journalist • Years Active — 1993–2017

Tempel was born in Bayreuth, a town in the Free State of Bavaria. She studied history, political science and Jewish studies at LMU Munich, prior to receiving a scholarship in New York between 1989 and 1991. She gained a PhD from the University of the Bundeswehr Munich where she served as an assistant to Michael Wolffsohn. Beginning her journalistic career in 1993, she worked in Israel as a Middle East correspondent. While there, she covered a range of events such as the Oslo I Accord, the Intifada and the assassination of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin in 1995. In 2003, she was a recipient of the Quadriga award. • Illustration — Tempel in October 2010 Tempel was a reporter for the publications Profil, Facts and Der Tagesspiegel, among others. She also wrote a number of young adult novels, published by Rowohlt Berlin, a part of the company Rowohlt. Since 2008, she had been the editor-in-chief of Internationale Politik, the magazine of the German Council on Foreign Relations. • Illustration — Tempel's grave at Friedhof Heerstraße in Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf Tempel lived in Berlin with her female partner. In 2017, she died in Tegel during Storm Xavier when she was struck by a falling tree. She was 54. She is buried at Friedhof Heerstraße in Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf, Berlin.

The German-Israeli Future Forum Foundation named their Sylke Tempel Fellowship under the auspices of Sigmar Gabriel and Tzipi Livni after her.