Dietmar Woidke

Hubert Dietmar Woidke (born 22 October 1961) is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party of Germany. Since August 2013, Woidke has served as Minister President of Brandenburg. Political career Woidke has been a member of the SPD since 1993. He was elected to the state parliament for the first time 1994 and since that time he is a member of the Parliament. His constituency was initially Spree-Neisse II, he won the right in 1994 and 1999. After the direct mandate he could not win in 2004 and moved just over the national list in the parliament, he entered 2009 in the constituency Spree-Neisse I, which he won directly. In the state elections in 2014 he won the constituency again directly with 49.5 percent of the vote. In parliament he was from 1994 to 1999, deputy chairman of the Committee on Food, Agriculture and Forestry from 1999 to 2004 Member of the Committee on Agriculture, Environment and Regional Planning. In addition, he led the Lignite Committee of Brandenburg. After he was not considered for the country's cabinet in 2009, he took over from November 2009 until his appointment as interior minister in October 2010, the Office of the Presidents of the SPD parliamentary group and became a member of the Presidium of the State Parliament. From 1998 to 2003 Woidke was also a city councilor in Forst (Lausitz) and served on the council of the Spree-Neisse district from 1998 until his appointment as minister in 2004. In the local elections in 2008, he was again chosen as a city councilor in the Municipal Assembly of Forst (Lausitz) and as a deputy in the district council Spree-Neisse. He gave these mandates back in October 2010 due to his appointment as interior minister of Brandenburg. From 13 October 2004 to 21 October 2009 Woidke was State Minister for Rural Development, Environment and Consumer Protection in the government of Minister-President Matthias Platzeck of Brandenburg. After the regional elections scheduled for 2009, he held no more government posts in order to increase the proportion of women in the Cabinet.