Matthias Platzeck

Quick Facts

Full Name	Matthias Platzeck
Occupation	Politician
Date Of Birth	Dec 29, 1953(1953-12-29)
Age	71
Birthplace	Potsdam
Country	Germany
Birth City	Brandenburg
Horoscope	Sagittarius

Matthias Platzeck Biography

Matthias Platzeck is one of the most popular and richest Politician who was born on December 29, 1953 in Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany. Matthias Platzeck, born 29 December 1953, is a German politician. From 2002 to 2013, he was Minister President of Brandenburg. He also served as party chairman for the SPD between November 2005 and April 2006.

Platzeck created controversy in August 2010 by calling the reunification in Germany of 3 October 1990 an Anschluss. This is the term Adolf Hitler used to defend the Nazi annexation in Austria in 1938. Platzeck’s words were criticized by Angela Merkel, who responded that reunification was what the east Germans wanted and not something they had to do.

Rejecting the merger of his party with the West German Green Party he did not join the new party Bündnis 90/Die Grünen in 1993. Instead, he became a member of the SPD on 6 June 1995.

In 2000 Platzeck was elected chairman of the SPD in Brandenburg and in 2002 he succeeded Manfred Stolpe as Minister-president. He was re-elected to the Landtag (state parliament) in 2004. With the SPD as strongest political force he could continue his coalition with the CDU. He served as President of the Bundesrat in 2004/05.

Platzeck founded ARGUS, an environmental organization in Potsdam, at Carola Stabe’s initiative, in April 1988. He joined the Liberal Democratic Party of Germany in April 1989 but left shortly after. ARGUS represented him at the November 1989 founding of Grune Liga, an association of East German environmental organizations. He was the East German Round Table speaker during the 1989-1990 political “Wende”, which led to German Reunification. He represented the Green Party, an opposition party, as Minister Without Portfolio in the GDR’s last legitimate but non-elected government. Platzeck was elected to the Volkskammer as a member of the Green Party in 1990. He was also parliamentary secretary for the joint faction of Greens, Bundnis 90 (Alliance 90). Platzeck was elected to the Landtag of Brandenburg in October 1990 for Bundnis 90 (Alliance 90). From 1990 to 1994, he was Minister for Environment in a coalition government that included the SPD and FDP. The coalition collapsed in 1994.

Matthias Platzeck Net Worth

Matthias Platzeck is one of the richest Politician from Germany. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Matthias Platzeck 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Platzeck was the son of a doctor and a medical-technical secretary. He attended the Polytechnic Secondary School, Potsdam, from 1960 to 1966. Then he went on to attend Extended Secondary School, Kleinmachnow. After his 1972 Abitur and military service, he went on to study biomedical cybernetics in the Technische Universitat Ilmenau. Platzeck received his diploma in 1979. He worked as a doctor at the Karl-Marx-Stadt institute of hygiene (now Chemnitz) from 1979-1980, and then at Bad Freienwalde general hospital from 1980 to 1982. He was the head of the Department for Environmental Hygiene at the Agency for Hygiene in Potsdam from 1982 to 1990.

Platzeck married Ute Bankwitz from 1978 to 1984, and they have three children together. He married Jeanette Jesorka in 2007. One year later, he married Jeanette Jesorka in Temmen Ringenwalde. Guests included Gunther Jauch, Frank- Walter Steinmeier and Andreas Dresen.

After the break of the Brandenburg coalition in 1994 Platzeck left his faction and remained Minister for the Environment under Minister-president Manfred Stolpe. He became popular nationwide for organizing public support for the affected population during a flood of the Oder river in 1997. In 1998 he was elected mayor of Brandenburg’s capital Potsdam and rejected the offer of Chancellor Gerhard Schröder to join the federal cabinet.

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Who is Matthias Platzeck Dating?

According to our records, Matthias Platzeck married to Jeanette Jesorka , Ute Bankwitz. As of December 1, 2023, Matthias Platzeck’s is not dating anyone.

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From 2018 until 2019, Platzeck co-chaired the German government’s so-called coal commission, which is tasked to develop a masterplan before the end of the year on how to phase-out coal and create a new economic perspective for the country’s coal-mining regions.

Facts & Trivia

Matthias Ranked on the list of most popular Politician. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Germany. Matthias Platzeck celebrates birthday on December 29 of every year.

Top Facts about Matthias Platzeck

1. Matthias Platzeck was born on December 29, 1953.
2. He served as Minister-President of Brandenburg from 2002-2013.
3. Platzeck was also the chairman of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) from 2005-2006.
4. He is known for his efforts to improve relations between Germany and Russia.
5. In 2018, he was appointed as a mediator in the German coalition talks.
6. Platzeck has been awarded numerous honors, including the Order of Merit of Berlin and the Order of Friendship (Russia).
7. He has written several books on politics and environmental issues.
8. Platzeck is a trained physicist and worked in research before entering politics.
9. He has been involved in various cultural initiatives, such as promoting regional literature and music festivals.
10. Despite health issues, he remains active in political and social affairs today.