Klaus Wowereit

Klaus Wowereit
Wowereit in 2009
Governing Mayor of Berlin
In office
16 June 2001 – 11 December 2014
Mayor
Preceded byEberhard Diepgen
Succeeded byMichael Müller
President of the Bundesrat
In office
1 November 2001 – 31 October 2002
First Vice PresidentKurt Beck
Preceded byKurt Beck
Succeeded byWolfgang Böhmer
Deputy Leader of the
Social Democratic Party
In office
12 November 2009 – 14 November 2013
LeaderSigmar Gabriel
Preceded byAndrea Nahles
Succeeded byRalf Stegner
Leader of the Social Democratic Party
in the Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin
In office
10 October 1999 – 16 June 2001
Deputy
Preceded byKlaus Böger
Succeeded byMichael Müller
Parliamentary constituencies
Member of the
Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin
In office
26 October 2006 – 27 October 2011
Preceded byPeter Kurth
Succeeded byClaudio Jupe
ConstituencyCharlottenburg-Wilmersdorf 5
In office
30 November 1995 – 26 October 2006
Preceded bymulti-member district
Succeeded bymulti-member district
ConstituencyTempelhof-Schöneberg
Personal details
Born (1953-10-01) 1 October 1953
Tempelhof, West Berlin, West Germany (now Germany)
Political partySocial Democratic Party of Germany (1972–)
Domestic partnerJörn Kubicki (1993–2020)
ResidenceBerlin
Alma materFree University of Berlin
Occupation
  • Politician
  • Jurist
  • Civil Servant
Signature
WebsiteOfficial Website

Klaus Wowereit (born 1 October 1953) is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) and was the Governing Mayor of Berlin from 21 October 2001 to 11 December 2014. In 2001 state elections his party won a plurality of the votes, 29.7%. He served as President of the Bundesrat (the fourth highest office in Germany) in 2001/02. His SPD-led coalition was re-elected in the 2006 elections; after the 2011 elections the SPD's coalition partner changed from the Left to the Christian Democratic Union. He was also sometimes mentioned as a possible SPD candidate for the Chancellorship of Germany (Kanzlerkandidatur), but that never materialized.

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