Stephan Weil
Stephan Weil MdBR | |
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 Weil in 2018 | |
| Minister-President of Lower Saxony | |
| Assumed office 19 February 2013 | |
| Deputy | Stefan Wenzel Bernd Althusmann Julia Hamburg |
| Preceded by | David McAllister |
| President of the Bundesrat | |
| In office 1 November 2013 – 31 October 2014 | |
| First Vice President | Winfried Kretschmann |
| Preceded by | Winfried Kretschmann |
| Succeeded by | Volker Bouffier |
| Leader of the Social Democratic Party of Lower Saxony | |
| Assumed office 20 January 2012 | |
| General Secretary | Detlef Tanke Hanna Naber Dörte Liebetruth |
| Deputy | Carola Reimann Olaf Lies Johanne Modder Dörte Liebetruth Philipp Raulfs |
| Preceded by | Olaf Lies |
| Lord Mayor of Hanover | |
| In office 1 November 2006 – 19 February 2013 | |
| Preceded by | Herbert Schmalstieg |
| Succeeded by | Stefan Schostok |
| Member of the Landtag of Lower Saxony for Hannover-Buchholz | |
| Assumed office 19 February 2013 | |
| Preceded by | Gisela Konrath |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Stephan-Peter Weil 15 December 1958 Hamburg, West Germany (now Germany) |
| Political party | Social Democratic Party of Germany (1980–) |
| Spouse |
Rosemarie Kerkow-Weil
(m. 1987) |
| Children | 1 |
| Residence | Hannover-Kirchrode |
| Alma mater | University of Göttingen |
| Occupation |
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| Website | |
Stephan Weil (born 15 December 1958) is a German politician and the leader of the
Early life and education
Weil has lived in
Political career
In his early years, Weil served as
Mayor of Hannover, 2006–2013
In May 2006 he was chosen as the SPD candidate for the Hanover mayoral election on 10 September 2006 against the
From 29 January 2008 to 2011, Weil monthly answered questions from citizens in the TV program Warum Herr Weil (Why Mr. Weil) which airs every third Tuesday every month on HR Fernsehen.
On 18 September 2011 Weil announced that he would apply for the top candidate of the SPD for the
Minister-President of Lower Saxony, 2013–present
Just weeks before the
As Lower Saxony has a 20 percent stake in Volkswagen (VW), Weil has been an ex-officio member of the company's supervisory board since February 2013. Within the supervisory board, he serves on the mediation and the nomination committees.[11] Only a few months after Weil took office, Germany won a decisive victory over the European Commission in its bid to preserve state influence at VW, when the European Court of Justice rejected an attempt by the commission to abolish a state veto over key decisions such as factory closures, mergers and acquisitions.[12]
In August 2017, Weil called for parliament to be dissolved a few months early and new elections to be held (elections had been planned for 2018), after one deputy, Elke Twesten, who had not been nominated for reelection by the Green Party, had quit her party and joined the CDU in the opposition, costing his coalition government its one-seat parliamentary majority. This had endangered Weil's position because it hypothetically would have enabled the CDU to elect their leader Bernd Althusmann as Minister President by a motion of no confidence.[13][14]
Prior to the election, the SPD and its coalition had been in very low approval and poll ratings, but following this event the party won the election by a wide margin over the CDU, strongly improving their own result and winning many usual Greens voters for their best result since
Role in national politics
In his capacity as Minister-President, Weil was elected
In the negotiations to form a
In the negotiations to form a so-called traffic light coalition of the SPD, the Green Party and the Free Democratic Party (FDP) following the 2021 federal elections, Weil was part of his party's delegation in the working group on climate change and energy policy, co-chaired by Matthias Miersch, Oliver Krischer and Lukas Köhler.[16]
Weil was nominated by his party as delegate to the Federal Convention for the purpose of electing the President of Germany in 2022.[17]
Other activities
Corporate boards
- Deutsche Messe AG, chairman of the supervisory board (2009–2012)
- Sparkasse Hannover, chairman of the supervisory board (2006–2013)
Non-profit organizations
- Business Forum of the Social Democratic Party of Germany, member of the political advisory board (since 2018)[18]
- Robert Enke Foundation, chairman of the board of trustees
- Kestner Gesellschaft, member of the board of trustees
- Freundeskreis Hannover, member of the board of trustees
- Deutsches Museum, member of the board of trustees
- Hannover Medical School, member of the board of trustees
- German Association of Local Utilities (VKU), president (2007–2012)
- Rotary International, member
Honours
2023 Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany[19]
Personal life
In 1987, Weil married public health expert Rosemarie Kerkow-Weil (born 1954), the former president of Leibniz University Hannover who teaches at the HAWK Hochschule Hildesheim/Holzminden/Göttingen. They have one son.
References
- ^ "Major Setback for Merkel: Last-Minute Win for Germany's SPD and Greens". Der Spiegel. 21 January 2013. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
- ^ Hebel, Christina (19 February 2013). "Neuer Niedersachsen-Premier Weil: Der Anti-Schröder startet durch" [New Lower Saxony PM Weil: The Anti-Schröder takes off]. Spiegel Online (in German). Retrieved 19 February 2013.
- ^ Official home page of Stephan Weil (in German). Retrieved 21 January 2013.
- ^ "Bürgermeister Strauch gratuliert Stephan Weil" [Mayor Strauch congratulates Stephan Weil] (in German). City of Hanover. 19 February 2013. Archived from the original on 12 April 2013. Retrieved 19 February 2013.
- ^ Ich will Ministerpräsident werden! (in German). Retrieved 21 January 2013.
- ^ Stephan Weil, der 95,5 Prozent-Mann (in German). Retrieved 21 January 2013
- ^ Das SPD-Damenduell ist entschieden (in German). Retrieved 21 January 2013.
- Spiegel Online.
- Spiegel Online.
- ^ Stephan Weil takes reigns of center-left coalition in Lower Saxony Deutsche Welle, 19 February 2013.
- ^ Committees of the Supervisory Board Volkswagen.
- ^ Michele Sinner (22 October 2013), EU's top court rules Germany can keep VW veto law Reuters.
- ^ Erik Kirschbaum and Jan Schwartz (4 August 2017), Boon for Merkel as SPD-Greens lose Lower Saxony majority Reuters.
- ^ Guy Chazan (4 August 2017), SPD suffers blow with loss of majority in Lower Saxony Financial Times.
- ^ Stephan Weil neuer Vizepräsident des Bundesrats (in German). Welt. Retrieved 23 March 2013.
- ^ Ampel-Koalition: Das sind die Verhandlungsteams von SPD, Grünen und FDP Deutschlandfunk, October 27, 2021.
- ^ 17th Federal Convention, 13 February 2022, List of Members Bundestag.
- ^ Bernd Westphal wird neuer Beirats-Vorsitzender beim Wirtschaftsforum der SPD Business Forum of the Social Democratic Party of Germany, press release of 7 June 2018.
- ^ "Rede: Ordensverleihung an Ministerpräsidenten". Der Bundespräsident (in German). 23 November 2023. Retrieved 24 November 2023.
External links
- Official website
- Biography on spd-kibewue.de
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