Christoph Bergner (born 24 November 1948) is a German

politician A politician is a person who participates in Public policy, policy-making processes, usually holding an elective position in government. Politicians represent the people, make decisions, and influence the formulation of public policy. The roles ...

and member of the conservative CDU. Bergner was the 3rd Minister President of

Saxony-Anhalt Saxony-Anhalt ( ; ) is a States of Germany, state of Germany, bordering the states of Brandenburg, Saxony, Thuringia and Lower Saxony. It covers an area of and has a population of 2.17 million inhabitants, making it the List of German states ...

from 1993 until 1994.

Life and political career

Christoph Bergner was born in

Zwickau Zwickau (; ) is the fourth-largest city of Saxony, Germany, after Leipzig, Dresden and Chemnitz, with around 88,000 inhabitants,. The West Saxon city is situated in the valley of the Zwickau Mulde (German: ''Zwickauer Mulde''; progression: ), ...

, Sachsen. After finishing his

agronomy Agronomy is the science and technology of producing and using plants by agriculture for food, fuel, fiber, chemicals, recreation, or land conservation. Agronomy has come to include research of plant genetics, plant physiology, meteorology, and ...

studies in 1971, he earned a doctorate and worked as a research associate at the ''Institut für Biochemie der Pflanzen der Akademie der Wissenschaften der DDR'' from 1974 until 1990. Bergner was Minister-President of

from 1993 until 1994. Since 2002, he has been a member of the

Bundestag The Bundestag (, "Federal Diet (assembly), Diet") is the lower house of the Germany, German Federalism in Germany, federal parliament. It is the only constitutional body of the federation directly elected by the German people. The Bundestag wa ...

; since 2005, a secretary of state in the

Federal Ministry of the Interior (Germany) The Federal Ministry of the Interior (, ; abbreviated BMI) is a German Cabinet, cabinet-level ministry of the Federal Republic of Germany. Its main office is in Berlin, with a secondary seat in Bonn. The current minister is Nancy Faeser. It ...

; since 2006, he is ''Federal commissioner for national minorities'' (). Christoph Bergner is a member of the

Protestant Protestantism is a branch of Christianity that emphasizes Justification (theology), justification of sinners Sola fide, through faith alone, the teaching that Salvation in Christianity, salvation comes by unmerited Grace in Christianity, divin ...

church and has a critical estimation of

Communism Communism () is a political sociology, sociopolitical, political philosophy, philosophical, and economic ideology, economic ideology within the history of socialism, socialist movement, whose goal is the creation of a communist society, a ...

. He is married with three children.

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Official website (CDU)

1948 births Living people People from Zwickau Members of the Landtag of Saxony-Anhalt Members of the Bundestag for Saxony-Anhalt Minister-presidents of Saxony-Anhalt Members of the Bundestag 2013–2017 Members of the Bundestag 2009–2013 Members of the Bundestag 2005–2009 Members of the Bundestag 2002–2005 Members of the Bundestag for the Christian Democratic Union of Germany {{Germany-CDU-politician-stub

Life and political career

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