Stephan Weil
| Stephan Weil | |
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Stephan Weil
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 Minister President of Lower Saxony |
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Assumed office 19 February 2013 |
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| Preceded by | David McAllister |
| Mayor of Hanover | |
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In office 1 November 2006 – 19 February 2013 |
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| Preceded by | Herbert Schmalstieg |
| Succeeded by | Stefan Schostok |
| Chairman of the SPD of Lower Saxony | |
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Assumed office 20 January 2012 |
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| Preceded by | Olaf Lies |
| Member of the Landtag of Lower Saxony | |
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Assumed office 19 February 2013 |
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| Preceded by | Gisela Konrath |
| Constituency | Hannover-Buchholz |
| President of the Bundesrat | |
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In office 1 November 2013 – 31 October 2014 |
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| Preceded by | Winfried Kretschmann |
| Succeeded by | Volker Bouffier |
| Personal details | |
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15 December 1958 Hamburg, West Germany |
| Political party | Social Democratic Party of Germany |
| Spouse(s) | Rosemarie Kerkow-Weil (1987-) |
| Children | 1 |
| Occupation | Lawyer |
Stephan Weil (born 15 December 1958) is a German politician and the leader of the Social Democratic Party in Lower Saxony. On 20 January 2013, the SPD and the Green party won the 2013 Lower Saxony state election by one seat. On 19 February 2013, he was elected Minister President of Lower Saxony with the votes of SPD and Alliance '90/The Greens. He was President of the German Bundesrat from November 2013 to October 2014.
Weil has lived in Hanover since 1965, where he completed the abitur at the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gymnasium. After his community service in 1978 he began a law degree in Göttingen, which he finished with his first state examination in 1983. He then worked as a lawyer in Hanover, and later a public prosecutor and judge in the Lower Saxony ministry of justice. In 1994, Weil became a member of the ministerial council of Lower Saxony.
In his early years, Weil served as chairman of the SPD Jusos in Hanover. From 1997 until late October 2006 he held the office of the city treasurer.
In May 2006 he was chosen as the SPD candidate for the Hanover mayoral election on 10 September 2006 against the CDU politician Dirk Topeffer and Ingrid Wagemann of Alliance '90/The Greens. He won an absolute majority in the first round. He succeeded Herbert Schmalstieg, the mayor of Hanover for 34 years on 1 November 2006. Weil held the office for 7 years, up to 2013 state election. Due to legal restrictions, Weil was automatically removed from the office of mayor when he became Prime Minister of Lower Saxony on 19 February 2013.
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