Harald Ringstorff
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Harald Ringstorff | ||
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Minister-President Bernd Seite | | |
Preceded by | Herbert Helmrich (Affairs of European Union) Conrad-Michael Lehment (Economics) | |
Succeeded by | Rolf Eggert (Affairs of European Union) Jürgen Seidel (Economics) | |
Leader of the Social Democratic Party in the Landtag of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | ||
In office 6 May 1996 – 3 November 1998 | ||
Preceded by | Gottfried Timm | |
Succeeded by | Volker Schlotmann | |
In office 26 October 1990 – 15 November 1994 | ||
Preceded by | Position established | |
Succeeded by | Gottfried Timm | |
Member of the Landtag of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern for Parchim II (Rostock III; 1990–1994) (Social Democratic List; 1994–1998; 2006–2011) | ||
In office 26 October 1990 – 4 October 2011 | ||
Preceded by | Constituency established | |
Succeeded by | Thomas Schwarz | |
Member of the Volkskammer for Rostock | ||
In office 5 April 1990 – 2 October 1990 | ||
Preceded by | Constituency established | |
Succeeded by | Constituency abolished | |
Personal details | ||
Born | Wittenburg, Nazi Germany | September 25, 1939|
Died | 19 November 2020 Schwerin, Germany | (aged 81)|
Political party | SPD | |
Harald Ringstorff (25 September 1939 – 19 November 2020) was a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (
After his
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.[2]
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).[2]
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.[1][3]
He died from Parkinson's disease on 19 November 2020.
References
- ^ a b Buergin, Rainer (6 August 2008). "German State of Mecklenburg Premier Ringstorff Quits, Cites Age". Bloomberg L.P. Retrieved 23 March 2011.
- ^ a b c Helmut Müller-Enbergs. "Ringstorff, Harald * 25.9.1939 Ministerpräsident des Landes Mecklenburg-Vorpommern". Bundesstiftung zur Aufarbeitung der SED-Diktatur: Biographische Datenbanken. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
- ^ "Der adrette Jurist: Ein Jurist aus dem Westen soll Landesvater im Nordosten werden. Erwin Sellering hat derzeit die besten Chancen, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Nachfolger von Ministerpräsident Harald Ringstorff zu werden. Sellering gilt als als gelassener Vermittler". Handelsblatt (online). 22 August 2008. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
External links
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