Matthias Platzeck
| Matthias Platzeck | |
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| Minister President of Brandenburg | |
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In office 2002–2013 |
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| Preceded by | Manfred Stolpe |
| Succeeded by | Dietmar Woidke |
| President of the German Bundesrat | |
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In office 2004–2005 |
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| President |
Johannes Rau Horst Köhler |
| Chancellor | Gerhard Schröder |
| Preceded by | Dieter Althaus |
| Succeeded by | Peter Harry Carstensen |
| Chairman of the Social Democratic Party of Germany | |
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In office November 25, 2005 – April 10, 2006 |
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| Preceded by | Franz Müntefering |
| Succeeded by | Kurt Beck |
| Personal details | |
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December 29, 1953 Potsdam, then German Democratic Republic, now Federal Republic of Germany |
| Political party |
LDPD (1989) East Greens (1990) Alliance 90 (1990–1993) SPD (since 1995) |
| Spouse(s) | Ute Bankwitz (1978-1984) |
| Children | 3 |
Matthias Platzeck (born 29 December 1953) is a German politician. He was Minister President of Brandenburg from 2002 to 2013 and party chairman of the SPD from November 2005 to April 2006.
On July 29, 2013 he announced that he would resign from his office in August for health reasons.
Platzeck was born in Potsdam as the son of a physician. Following his Abitur and military service he studied biomedical cybernetics in Ilmenau. After his diploma in 1978 Platzeck worked at the institute for hygiene in Karl-Marx-Stadt (today Chemnitz) and the general hospital in Bad Freienwalde. From 1982 to 1990 he was head of the department for environmental hygiene at the agency for hygiene in Potsdam.
From 1978 to 1984 Platzeck was married to Ute Bankwitz. They have three daughters. His present partner is Jeanette Jesorka.
Platzeck represented ARGUS, a Potsdam environmental organization he had co-founded with and at the initiative of Carola Stabe, at the founding of the Grüne Liga association of local environmental organizations in East Germany in 1989. During the political "Wende" 1989/90 that led to German Reunification he was their speaker at the nationwide roundtable talks. From February to April 1990 he represented the oppositional radical Green Party as Minister without Portfolio in the last non-elected but legitimate government of the GDR. Platzeck was elected member of the Volkskammer in 1990 for the Green Party and was parliamentary secretary of the joined faction of Greens and Bündnis 90 (Alliance 90). In October 1990 Platzeck became a member of the Landtag of Brandenburg for Bündnis 90 (Alliance 90). He was Minister for the Environment in a coalition government with SPD and FDP from 1990 to 1994 when the coalition broke up.
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