Bernhard Brinkmann (22 May 1952 – 7 December 2022) was a German politician and member of the

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. He was a member of the

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, the German federal parliament, from 1998, elected from the single member district of

Hildesheim Hildesheim (; or ; ) is a city in Lower Saxony, in north-central Germany with 101,693 inhabitants. It is in the district of Hildesheim (district), Hildesheim, about southeast of Hanover on the banks of the Innerste River, a small tributary of t ...

until 2013 and from the land list of

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from then. Brinkmann was born in Dinklar,

on 22 May 1952. He died on 7 December 2022, at the age of 70.

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Website from Bernhard Brinkmann

1952 births 2022 deaths People from Hildesheim (district) Members of the Bundestag for Lower Saxony Members of the Bundestag 2009–2013 Members of the Bundestag 2005–2009 Members of the Bundestag 2002–2005 Members of the Bundestag 1998–2002 Members of the Bundestag for the Social Democratic Party of Germany {{Germany-SPD-politician-stub