Peer Steinbrück
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Peer Steinbrück
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| Assumed office November 22, 2005 |
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| Preceded by | Hans Eichel |
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| In office November 6, 2002 – June 24, 2005 |
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| Preceded by | Wolfgang Clement |
| Succeeded by | Jürgen Rüttgers |
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Finance minister of North Rhine-Westphalia
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| In office February 22, 2000 – November 6, 2002 |
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| Preceded by | Heinz Schleußer |
| Succeeded by | Jochen Dieckmann |
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Minister of Economy of North Rhine-Westphalia
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| In office October 28, 1998 – February 21, 2000 |
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| Preceded by | Bodo Hombach |
| Succeeded by | Ernst Schwanhold |
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Minister of Economy of Schleswig-Holstein
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| In office May 19, 1993 – October 28, 1998 |
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| Preceded by | Uwe Thomas |
| Succeeded by | Horst Günter Bülck |
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| Born | January 10, 1947 Hamburg, Germany |
| Nationality |  Germany |
| Political party | Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) |
| Alma mater | University of Kiel |
| Profession | Economist (Diplom) |
| Website | peer-steinbrueck.de |
Peer Steinbrück (born 10 January 1947 in Hamburg) is a German SPD politician. He currently serves as Minister of Finance in the cabinet of Angela Merkel.
From 1968 to 1969 he was trained as an officer of the reserve of the Bundeswehr. Afterwards he studied economics in Kiel. In 1969 he joined the SPD. Then he worked in public admistration.
In 1993 Steinbrück became Secretary for Economy and Infrastructure in the State of Schleswig-Holstein until he changed to go on his career in the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, where he became Secretary of Infrastructure in 1998 and Financial Secretary in 2000.
He was Minister President (Ministerpräsident) of North Rhine-Westphalia from November 2002 to June 2005.
On the state election on May 22, 2005 Steinbrück failed to be reelected as Minister President of North Rhine-Westphalia. His successor was Jürgen Rüttgers (CDU).
Since November 2005 he has been finance minister of Germany and Vice chief of SPD.
On 10 December 2008, he controversially attacked the British Keynesian approach to economic policy in an interview with Newsweek.[1]
[edit] External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Peer Steinbrück |
- Peer Steinbrück's Homepage (German)
- Interview with Peer Steinbrück: "Kennen Sie denn Hawaii-Toast?" (German, sbznet.de)
[edit] References
- ^ "German ridicule for UK policies" (in English), BBC News (2008-12-10). Retrieved on 10 December 2008.
| Preceded by Wolfgang Clement |
Minister President of North Rhine-Westphalia 2002–2005 |
Succeeded by Jürgen Rüttgers |
| Preceded by Hans Eichel |
Minister of Finance 2005 – present |
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