1. Hubert Dietmar Woidke was born on 22 October 1961 and is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party of Germany.
12 Facts About Dietmar Woidke
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Since August 2013, Woidke has served as Minister President of Brandenburg.
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Dietmar Woidke was elected to the state parliament for the first time 1994 and since that time he is a member of the Parliament.
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Dietmar Woidke's constituency was initially Spree-Neisse II, he won the right in 1994 and 1999.
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From 1998 to 2003 Dietmar Woidke was a city councilor in Forst and served on the council of the Spree-Neisse district from 1998 until his appointment as minister in 2004.
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Dietmar Woidke gave these mandates back in October 2010 due to his appointment as interior minister of Brandenburg.
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From 13 October 2004 to 21 October 2009 Dietmar Woidke was State Minister for Rural Development, Environment and Consumer Protection in the government of Minister-President Matthias Platzeck of Brandenburg.
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At the SPD national convention in November 2013 in Leipzig, Dietmar Woidke was elected to the party's federal executive committee.
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On 3 May 2014, Dietmar Woidke was elected to be his party's leading candidate for the 2014 state elections.
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On 5 November 2014 Dietmar Woidke was confirmed by Parliament with 47 votes of the coalition in office.
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Alongside Manuela Schwesig, Dietmar Woidke was instrumental in the Bundesrat's 2020 selection of Ines Hartel as the Federal Constitutional Court's first judge from East Germany.
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Dietmar Woidke was nominated by his party as delegate to the Federal Convention for the purpose of electing the President of Germany in 2022.