Bio of Rev. Dr. Martin Junge:
Rev. Dr Martin Junge is the first Latin American general secretary of The Lutheran World Federation. He was elected by the LWF Council in 2009 and assumed office on 1 November 2010. Rev. Dr Junge was born in Chile in 1961 and completed his primary and secondary education in Concepción. He studied evangelical theology at Georg August University in Göttingen, Germany, from 1980 to 1986.
In 1996, Rev. Dr Junge was elected president of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Chile. One of his most significant achievements was to stabilize the church after a leadership crisis. As LWF Area Secretary, Rev. Dr Junge took up the crucial issues of neoliberal globalization and illegitimate external debt. He was instrumental in the publication of a seminal work in 2008 titled ‘Not Just Numbers – Examining the Legitimacy of Foreign Debts’ (LWF Documentation 53) that was presented at the International Symposium on Illegitimate Debt held in Oslo, Norway, in October 2008.
Dr Prabin Manandhar, Country Director, LWF Nepal said “We are honored and encouraged to welcome Rev. Dr Martin Junge and show him the areas LWF Nepal has been working. We believe his visit will strengthen the partnership with Nepal.”
“LWF has committed to support government’s efforts towards ensuring the well-being of the population, especially women, children, senior citizens, refugees, disaster-affected people, internally displaced people and the host communities.”
