Harald Ringstorff, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Harald Ringstorff

German politician

Date of Birth: 25-Sep-1939

Place of Birth: Wittenburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany

Profession: politician, chemist

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Libra


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About Harald Ringstorff

  • Harald Ringstorff (born 25 September 1939 in Wittenburg, Mecklenburg) is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) and was the 3rd Minister President of the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.
  • He headed a coalition government of the SPD and PDS (since 2007 the Left Party, Die Linke) from 1998 until 2006, and subsequently headed a coalition between the SPD and CDU.
  • He was the 61st President of the Bundesrat in 2006/07. After his Abitur and military service, Ringstorff studied Chemistry at the University of Rostock.
  • He received his Ph.D.
  • in 1969.
  • Afterwards he worked as a chemist for the Rostock dockyards.
  • From 1987 to 1990 he was director of the branch office of the VEB Kali-Chemie ("people's enterprise for potash chemistry").In 1989 Ringstorff was a founding member of the Social Democratic Party in the GDR and a member of the freely elected Volkskammer of 1990.
  • From 1990 to 2003 he was chairman of the SPD in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.Since 1990 Ringstorff has been a member of the Landtag of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern where he served as parliamentary leader of the SPD from 1990–1994 and 1996-1998.
  • In between he was Minister for Economic and European Affairs and vice-minister-president in a coalition government with the CDU under minister-president Berndt Seite (CDU).In 1998, the SPD agreed to form a coalition with the PDS (now Left Party), a move controversial within the party.
  • Ringstorff was elected minister-president.
  • His coalition government was re-elected in 2002.
  • After the elections of 2006, he decided to switch to a coalition with the CDU, which would have a more comfortable majority in parliament. On 6 August 2008 Ringstorff let it be known that he wished to resign as minister-president because of his age.
  • On 6 October he was succeeded in the office by Erwin Sellering.

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