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Minister-President of Saxony-Anhalt | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
In office 2 December 1993 – 22 July 1994 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Deputy | Wolfgang Rauls | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Preceded by | Werner Münch | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Succeeded by | Reinhard Höppner | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Parliamentary State Secretary in the Ministry of the Interior | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
In office 28 October 2009 – 17 December 2013 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chancellor | Angela Merkel | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Minister | Thomas de Maizière Hans-Peter Friedrich | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Preceded by | Fritz Rudolf Körper | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Succeeded by | Günter Krings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Leader of the Christian Democratic Union in the Landtag of Saxony-Anhalt | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
In office 21 July 1994 – July 2001 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Preceded by | Jürgen Scharf | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Succeeded by | Wolfgang Böhmer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
In office November 1991 – 2 December 1993 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Preceded by | Joachim Auer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Succeeded by | Jürgen Scharf | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | Christoph Georg Bergner (1948-11-24)24 November 1948 Zwickau, Saxony, Soviet occupation zone (now Germany) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Political party | Christian Democratic Union (1990–) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other political affiliations | Christian Democratic Union (East Germany) (1971–1990) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Children | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Residence | Halle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Alma mater | University of Jena Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg (Dr. agr.) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Christoph Bergner (born 24 November 1948) is a German politician and member of the conservative CDU. Bergner was the 3rd Minister President of Saxony-Anhalt from 1993 until 1994.
Life and political career
[edit]Christoph Bergner was born in Zwickau, Sachsen. After finishing his agronomy studies in 1971, he earned a doctorate and worked as a research associate at the Institut für Biochemie der Pflanzen der Akademie der Wissenschaften der DDR from 1974 until 1990.
Bergner was Minister-President of Saxony-Anhalt from 1993 until 1994. Since 2002, he has been a member of the Bundestag; since 2005, a secretary of state in the Federal Ministry of the Interior (Germany); since 2006, he is Federal commissioner for national minorities (German: Beauftragter der Bundesregierung für Aussiedlerfragen und nationale Minderheiten).
Christoph Bergner is a member of the Protestant church and has a critical estimation of Communism.[1] He is married with three children.
See also
[edit]- Federal Ministry of the Interior (Germany)
- Cabinet Merkel II
- Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities
- European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages
- Volga Germans
- Russian Mennonite
- Deutsche Nationalkreis Asowo
- Deutsche Nationalkreis Halbstadt
References
[edit]- ^ "Das Parlament, Nr. 4 2011, 24.1.2011 - »Eine blutige Geschichte«". Archived from the original on 2 February 2011. Retrieved 29 January 2011.
External links
[edit]- Official website (CDU)
- Parliament (Deutscher Bundestag) - biography
- Federal Ministry of the Interior (BMI) - biography
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