Klaus Wowereit
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| Governing Mayor of Berlin | |
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In office 16 June 2001 – 11 December 2014 |
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| Preceded by | Eberhard Diepgen |
| Succeeded by | Michael Müller |
| Member of the Berlin House of Representatives | |
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In office 1995 – 26 October 2011 |
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| Vice Chairman of SPD with Hannelore Kraft, Manuela Schwesig and Olaf Scholz |
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Assumed office 13 November 2009 |
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| Preceded by |
Frank-Walter Steinmeier Peer Steinbrück Andrea Nahles |
| Personal details | |
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1 October 1953 West Berlin, West Germany |
| Nationality | German |
| Political party | Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) |
| Domestic partner | Jörn Kubicki |
| Residence | Berlin |
| Alma mater | Free University of Berlin |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
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| Website | klaus-wowereit.de (German) |
Klaus Wowereit (born 1 October 1953) is a German politician, member of the SPD (Social Democratic Party), and was the Governing Mayor of Berlin from 21 October 2001 to 11 December 2014. In 2001 state elections his party won a plurality of the votes, 29.7%. He served as President of the Bundesrat (the fourth highest office in Germany) in 2001/02. His SPD-led coalition was re-elected in the 2006 elections; after the 2011 elections the SPD's coalition partner changed from the Left to the Christian Democratic Union. He was also sometimes mentioned as a possible SPD candidate for the Chancellorship of Germany (Kanzlerkandidatur) in the next German federal election, but that never materialized.
Wowereit was born in West Berlin. Until 1973, Wowereit attended the Ulrich-von-Hutten-Oberschule in Berlin-Lichtenrade. Afterwards, he studied law at the Free University Berlin (State Exams, 1981 and 1984).
After three years as a civil servant in the Senate office of the Interior, Wowereit stood for election as municipal councillor in the Tempelhof district. At the age of 30, he was, therefore, the youngest councilor in the city of Berlin. After eleven years as a District Councillor he stood for the Berlin House of Deputies (Abgeordnetenhaus von Berlin) which serves as the City's Landtag in 1995. In December 1999, he was elected chairman of the SPD parliamentary group in the Abgeordnetenhaus.
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