Overview
- Deniz prevailed in a second ballot after three lower-polling candidates withdrew following last week’s first round.
- A proposal to repeat candidate presentations and a Q&A at the decisive session was rejected before the vote.
- In the first ballot, Deniz led with 30 votes, one short of an absolute majority in the 60-member Extended Academic Senate.
- Deniz serves as vice president for digitalization and sustainability and is a computer science professor leading TU Berlin’s field on language and communication in biological and artificial systems.
- Rauch, in office since 2022, drew heavy criticism in 2024 for liking an antisemitic post on X, a controversy widely cited in reporting as context for the leadership change.