ARD hammer! Jan Hofer leaves the “Tagesschau” - his replacement is already ready

The well-known “Tagesschau” spokesman Jan Hofer is retiring.

After leaving ARD, Jens Riewa takes over for him.

• A long-standing TV face leaves the ARD's “Tagesschau” *.

• Chief spokesman Jan Hofer is retiring.

• His successor is already in the starting blocks.

Hamburg - Every evening at 20.00 supplies the

their viewers with the

.

The various speakers have become familiar faces on home screens over the years.

One of them is now saying goodbye.

Because at the end of the year

retire as chief spokesman for Germany's top-rated news program.

The

on Friday.

succeed

him.

“At some point it has to

, I can't go on forever,” Hofer

told

last May

.

He's been doing his job at least

than it was originally planned.

So maybe his departure had already indicated.

There are various statements about his age, according to which he is

.

Well-known "Tagesschau" spokesman Jan Hofer gets out: his successor has already been determined

Hofer's successor,

has also been on

ARD's

for a long time

. * He comes from Lübbenau in

.

After graduating from high school, he first became an

, but then opted for professional training as a speaker.

He has been

presenting the news

since

, initially as an off-screen voice, and since 1994 also in front of the camera.

He went on excursions into

, for example, as a presenter of the

.

Riewa follows in big footsteps.

After all, his predecessor joined the

in 1985

.

He has been

there since 2004

.

Before him, Karl-Heinz Köpcke, Werner Veigel, Dagmar Berghoff and Jo Brauner had guided the “Tagesschau” in this function.

Jens Riewa succeeds Jan Hofer as tagesschau chief spokesman https://t.co/ThBW3YA7bN #JanHofer #JensRiewa

- tagesschau (@tagesschau) September 25, 2020

Jan Hofer: His long career at “Tagesschau” will come to an end in 2020

Jan Hofer

is not only known as a newscaster on German

.

The native Rhinelander also appeared as a

presenter of entertainment programs.

Until 2012, Hofer hosted the

MDR's

21 years

.

In the video: Jan Hofer spoke openly about an exit in May