Florian Gerster (born 7 May 1949 in

Worms, Germany Worms (; ) is a city in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, situated on the Upper Rhine about south-southwest of Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main. It had about 84,646 inhabitants . A pre-Roman foundation, Worms is one of the oldest cities in northern ...

) is a German

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and former

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. After his

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, he served in the

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and earned a

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at the

University of Mannheim The University of Mannheim (German: ''Universität Mannheim''), abbreviated UMA, is a public university, public research university in Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Founded in 1967, the university has its origins in the ''Palatine Aca ...

. In 1977, he was elected to the Diet of Rhineland-Palatinate and entered the

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in 1987, representing

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. From 1991 onwards, he was appointed Minister for Federal and European Affairs and thereafter Minister of Labor of

Rhineland Palatinate Rhineland-Palatinate ( , ; ; ; ) is a western state of Germany. It covers and has about 4.05 million residents. It is the ninth largest and sixth most populous of the sixteen states. Mainz is the capital and largest city. Other cities are ...

. From 2002 until his resignation in 2004, he served as President of the Federal Employment Agency of Germany. Today, Gerster is a senior lecturer at the

German University of Administrative Sciences Speyer The German University of Administrative Sciences Speyer (German: ''Deutsche Universität für Verwaltungswissenschaften Speyer''; sometimes referred to as Speyer University), is a national graduate school for administrative sciences and public m ...

and works as a freelance management consultant. He is the brother of

ZDF ZDF (), short for (; ), is a German public-service television broadcaster based in Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate. Launched on 1 April 1963, it is run as an independent nonprofit institution, and was founded by all federal states of Germany ( ...

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news speaker

Petra Gerster Petra Gerster (; born 25 January 1955) is a German journalist and news presenter. Early life and education Starting in 1973, Gerster studied German studies, Slavic studies, and literature with a grant of the German Academic Scholarship Foundat ...

References

1949 births Living people Politicians from Rhineland-Palatinate University of Mannheim alumni Members of the Bundestag for Rhineland-Palatinate Members of the Bundestag 1990–1994 People from Worms, Germany Members of the Bundestag for the Social Democratic Party of Germany {{Germany-SPD-politician-stub