The Minister-President of Brandenburg is the
head of government
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of the
German state
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of
Brandenburg
Brandenburg (; nds, Brannenborg; dsb, Bramborska ) is a state in the northeast of Germany bordering the states of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, and Saxony, as well as the country of Poland. With an area of 29,480 sq ...
. The office was created in 1990 after the
German reunification and the joining of Brandenburg in the
Federal Republic of Germany
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. The current and third Minister-President is
Dietmar Woidke
Hubert Dietmar Woidke (born 22 October 1961) is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party of Germany. Since August 2013, Woidke has served as Minister President of Brandenburg.
Political career
Woidke has been a member of the SPD ...
, heading a coalition government between the
Social Democrats
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, the
CDU and the
Alliance '90/The Greens. Woidke succeeded
Matthias Platzeck in August 2013.
The Minister-President's seat of government is known as the State Chancellery (german: Staatskanzlei) and is located in the state capital,
Potsdam
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, along with the other cabinet department.
List
Political party:
See also
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Brandenburg
Brandenburg (; nds, Brannenborg; dsb, Bramborska ) is a state in the northeast of Germany bordering the states of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, and Saxony, as well as the country of Poland. With an area of 29,480 sq ...
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Politics of Brandenburg
The Politics of Brandenburg takes place within a framework of a federal parliamentary representative democratic republic, where the Federal Government of Germany exercises sovereign rights with certain powers reserved to the states of Germany in ...
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Landtag of Brandenburg
The Landtag of Brandenburg is the unicameral legislature of the state of Brandenburg in Germany.
Its 88 members of parliament are usually elected every 5 years.
It is responsible for deciding on state laws, controlling the state government an ...
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Brandenburg
Brandenburg (; nds, Brannenborg; dsb, Bramborska ) is a state in the northeast of Germany bordering the states of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, and Saxony, as well as the country of Poland. With an area of 29,480 sq ...
Ministers-President
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Ministers-President
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