Dr. Thomas A. Seidel (born 1958)
Trained as an electrician. Studied theology at the theological seminary (Kirchliche Hochschule), Leipzig, doctorate in church history 2001.
| 1986 - 1996 | Vicar/Pastor in the parish of Ollendorf b. Weimar | |
| 1990 | C.E.O. of the board of trustees of Schloss Ettersburg near Weimar | |
| 1994 | principal lecturer for politics and history and from 1996 to 2004 manager of the Evangelical Academy Thuringia | |
| 1999 | chairman of the Society for Thuringian Church History, chairman of the "Chamber for Work and Business of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Thuringia" and member of the advisory board of the "Foundation for the Re-assessment of the East German dictatorship" in Berlin | |
| 2005 | church councillor (from 2010 Senior Church Councilor) and representative of the Evangelical Churches to the State Parliament and Government of Thuringia, author and publisher of numerous publications on church history and church current affairs as well as on theological and political topics | |
| since 2014 | chairman of the Board of the Christian Collegiate Foundation (SCC) | |
| 2010 - 2018 | representative of the Thuringian State Government for the preparation of the Reformation Jubilee "Luther 2017" | |
| since november 2018 | head of deacon training at the Eisenach Deacon Training Institute Johannes Falk (dbi) (Co-)Managing Director Neues Kloster Ichtershausen GmbH und Co KG | |
| since 2019 | chairman of the Board of Bonhoeffer-Haus e.V. and Head (Grand Commander) of the Ev. Brotherhood of St. George Order (StGO) |
