Berndt Seite (born 22 April 1940 in ''Hahnswalde'', Trebnitz) is a German

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. He was the 2nd minister president of

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from 1992 to 1998 and the 45th

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in 1992.

Life

Berndt Seite was born in Hahnswalde near Trebnitz in

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. He attended primary school in Ihleburg from 1946 to 1954 and then the Pforta state school in Schulpforte, where he graduated from high school in 1958. He then began studying

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at the

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, which he completed in November 1963.

Politics

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in 1989 and was

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for the

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in the

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district. The following year he left the New Forum and joined the CDU in February 1990. From June 1990 to December 1991 he was district administrator in Röbel, and from October 1991 to March 1992 he was

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of the state association of the CDU in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.

References

Presidents of the German Bundesrat Members of the Landtag of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania Christian Democratic Union of Germany politicians People from Trzebnica Politicians from the Province of Silesia 1940 births Living people Minister-presidents of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania Knights Commander of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany {{Germany-CDU-politician-stub