Winfried Kretschmann
| Winfried Kretschmann | |
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| Minister-President of Baden-Württemberg | |
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Assumed office 12 May 2011 |
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| Preceded by | Stefan Mappus |
| President of the Bundesrat | |
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In office 1 November 2012 – 31 October 2013 |
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| Preceded by | Horst Seehofer |
| Succeeded by | Stephan Weil |
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17 May 1948 Spaichingen, Germany |
| Nationality | German |
| Political party | Alliance '90/Greens |
| Spouse(s) | Gerlinde Kretschmann (since 1975) |
| Alma mater | University of Hohenheim |
| Occupation | Teacher |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
| Website | www.winfried-kretschmann.de |
Winfried Kretschmann (born May 17, 1948) is a German politician of the Alliance '90/Greens. He has been Minister President of the state of Baden-Württemberg since 12 May 2011. He was also President of the German Bundesrat from November 2012 to October 2013. He is the first member of the Greens to serve in these offices.
Kretschmann has been a member of the state parliament, the Landtag of Baden-Württemberg, since 1980, in the constituency of Nürtingen. In 2006 he was the frontrunner in the Baden-Württemberg state election for his party, as he was in the state election on 27 March 2011. He was also the chairman of his party's parliamentary group.
Following the state election of 2011, Kretschmann was elected on 12 May 2011 by the combined Green-SPD majority in the Landtag to succeed Stefan Mappus as Minister-President of Baden-Württemberg, becoming the first ever Green Minister-President of any German state. Kretschmann has wide personal popularity; if it were possible to elect the Minister-President directly during the Baden-Württemberg election of March 2016, Kretschmann would have won an outright majority according to polls; he was even favored by 45% of CDU supporters. Kretschmann was re-elected in May 2016 as Minister-President while leading a new coalition with the Christian Democrats.
On 12 October 2012 he was elected President of the German Bundesrat for the term from 1 November 2012 to 31 October 2013. This was the first time since 1953, and only the second time ever, that the President was not drawn from the ranks of either the CDU/CSU or the SPD.
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